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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 



©Ijap. Skijnjrigijt Ifo, 

Shelf J B.B9H8S" 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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General Liturgy 



AND 



BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 



PREPARED BY 



Prof. HOPKINS, 

- Auburn Theological Seminary, Etc 




A. S. BARNES & COMPANY, 
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. 







np HE sources from which the following forms have been mostly 
derived are the Greek Liturgies, the Sacramentaries of Ge- 
lasius, Leo and Gregory, the Mozarabic Missal, the Monumenta 
Liturgica from the sixth to the tenth centuries, the Prymer of 
the Sarum use, and, to some extent, more modern sources. Those 
marked with an * are taken from the Ev^oAoy^ov, or Book of Com- 
mon Ordek, of the Church Service Society of Scotland. The num- 
bers attached to the services and prayers, refer to illustrative notes 
at the end. 



Copyright, 1883, by A. S. Barnes & Co. 



preface. 




HE table of Scripture selections for morning and evening 
service on the Lord's day, has been adopted from the " Book 
of Common Order" of the Scotch " Church Service Society," 
with the omission of some parts. They are arranged to form a two 
years' course. " The First Lesson in the Morning Service is selected 
from the Historical Books of the Old Testament, on the principle 
of conveying an outline of the Sacred History ; and the First Lesson 
for the Evening Service is taken from the Prophetical writings, the 
order of the canon being followed throughout. The Second Lesson 
combines portions of the Gospels and Epistles. It will be observed 
that the greater part of the New Testament is thus read yearly on 
the Lord' s day ; the Gospel History being harmonized so as to admit 
of being completed within the year, while the portions, whether 
of Gospels or Epistles, necessarily omitted one year, are introduced, 
so far as possible, in the year following." In order to secure 
uniformity among the churches, the recommendation of the " Church 
Service Society" is adopted, that the Table of the First year be 
used in those years in which the number is odd, as 1883, 1885, 
etc.; the table for the second year in the even years, as 1884, 
1886, etc. 

As a separate arrangement is expected to be made for the 
responsive reading of the Psalter, the column containing the lessons 



[ Y PREFACE. 

from the Psalms, has been omitted. Where the arrangement has 
been adopted in this country, it is warmly approved. The method, 
common among ns, of reading from the pnlpit only that chapter 
in which the text of the sermon happens to be contained, almost 
wholly excludes large portions of the Word of God. A considerable 
portion of every congregation are entirely dependent upon this public 
reading for their knowledge of the Scriptures ; and they are therefore 
left, by this neglect, ignorant of great parts of it. If the adoption of 
this arrangement should result in slightly lengthening the service, it is 
believed the benefits resulting in the indoctrination of the people with 
the very word of God, will fully justify it. 

Auburn Theological Seminary, January, 1883. 



Cable of Contents. 



PAGE 

Preface iii 

Table of Scripture Readings for Divine Service on Every Lord's Day in the 

Tear 9-12 

Order of Morning Prayer 13 

Order of Evening Prayer. f~. 22 

Order of Sunday School Service — First Lesson 28 

Second Lesson 30 

Third Lesson 31 

Fourth Lesson 33 

Sunday School Service for the Nativity of Jesus 35 

Sunday School Service for the Resurrection of Jesus 38 

Prayers and Collects — 

Against Unbelief 41 

The Second Coming of Christ 41 

For Peace 41 

For Pardon 42 

Against Delay of Conversion 42 

For Protection 42 

For the Unity of the Church 42 

Prayers for Travelers 43 

Prayers of St. Basil 43 

Prayer for the Holy Spirit , 44 

For the Meeting of a Presbytery or Synod 44 

Prayer of Balthazar Lydius 44 

For Timely Repentance 45 

Prayer of the Penitent 45 

Prayer of St. Basil 45 



vi CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Prayer of St. Chrysostom 46 

Collect for the Lord's Day 46 

Prayer for Christ's Whole Flock 46 

Prayer for Perseverance in Grace 46 

Prayer of John Calvin 47 

For Pardon 47 

Against Temptation '. , 47 

For Needed Grace 47 

Against Secret Faults 47 

A Prayer of Lord Chancellor Bacon 48 

For the Ministers of the Gospel 48 

For Restoring Grace 48 

For all Needed Good 48 

For Improvement of Afflictions 49 

The Star of Bethlehem 49 

For Divine Grace 49 

For Sanctification of Trials 49 

For the Penitent 49 

For the Conversion of the Jews 50 

For all Needed Good 50 

Thanksgiving For Regenerating Grace 50 

For the Coming of Christ's Kingdom 50 

For Easter Sunday 50 

For Non-Conformity to the World 51 

For the Grace of Perseverance 51 

For the Improvement of Baptism 52 

For a Sanctified Remembrance 52 

For Christian Knowledge and Virtue 52 

For Christian Unity 52 

For Prevenient Grace 52 

For Grace to Help 53 

On the Ascension of Christ 53 

For the Improvement of Baptism — 53 

For the New Creation • 53 

For Union with Christ 53 

For True Repentance 54 

Against False Philosophy 54 

Against False Science 54 

Prayer for Such as Err from the Truth 54 

On the Conversion of St. Paul 54 

John the Baptist • • • 55 



CONTENTS. vii 

PAGE 

St. Peter 55 

St. Matthew 55 

For all Sorts and Conditions op Men 56 

For all Afflicted Persons 56 

Mary Magdalene 56 

For a Charitable Collection. A Prayer of Archbishop Cranmer 56 

For Full Forgiveness. A Prayer of Thomas Cranmer 57 

Order for the Administration of Infant Baptism 58 

Form for the Administration of Adult Baptism 61 

Marriage Service 63 

Funeral Service 66 

Burial of a Child — 71 

Ordination of a Bishop 75 

Installation of a Bishop 79 

Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea 81 

Burial of the Dead at Sea 88 

Communion Service 91 

Consecration of a Church 101 

Anniversary Collects — 

First of July 107 

Fourth of July 107 

Tenth of July 107 

Twenty-fourth of August 108 

Eighteenth of July 108 

Twenty-eighth of August 108 

Sixteenth of October 108 

Tenth of November 109 

Twenty-seventh of October 109 

Twenty-second of December 109 

Thirty-first of December 110 

For Unity with all Christians 110 

Prayer at the Opening of a Synod 110 

For the General Assembly, during their Session . .* Ill 

Prayer before Sermon Ill 

Prayer before Sermon 112 

Daily Prayer of the " Catholic and Apostolic Church " 114 

Appendix — Collects and Prayers from the EvxoTioyiov of the Scottish Church 
Service Society- 
General Thanksgiving and Prayer 115 

Prayer after Sermon 116 

Supplications 116 



viii CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

For Pardon and Peace 116 

For Illumination 117 

Supplications 118 

Thanksgiving 118 

Prayer for the World and the Church 119 

Remembrance of the Living and the Dead 119 

The Absolution 120 

Confession 120 

For Complete Salvation 121 

Prater as for the Servants of Christ 121 

Prayer for Providential Help and Guidance 122 

For Peace and Strength to Resist Temptation 122 

Prayer of Invocation 123 

Confession and Prayer, for Evening Service 123 

Prayer after Sermon 124 

Prayers for Missions and Missionaries 124 

Notes 125 



TABLE OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR DIVINE SERVICE ON EVERY LORD'S DAY 

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



FIRST YEAR. 


MORNING. 


ID 

o Q 


MONTH 


AND DAY. 


OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. 


GOSPEL. 


EPISTLE. 


1 


Jan. 1, 2, 


3, 4, 5, 6, 7 


Gen. 1 to 2, v. 4 


Luke 1 to v. 26 


Acts 1 


2 


8. 


Jan. 14 


2, v. 4 


" 1, v. 39 to v. 67 


2, v. 22 


3 


15. 


21 


" 3 


Matt. 1, v. 18 


" 4, v. 32 to 5, v. 17 


4 


22. 


28 


" 4 


Luke 2, v. 21 to v. 40 


6 


5 


29. 


Feb. 4 


" 6, v. 9, to 7, v. 11 


" 2, v. 40 


" 9 


6 


Feb. 5. 


11 


" 7, v. 11, to 8, v. 13 


Matt. 3 


" 10, v. 24 


7 


12. 


18 


" 8, v. 13, to 9, v. 20 


John 1, v. 19 to v. 35 


" 12 


8 


19. 


25 


" 11, to v. 10 and v. 27, to 
12, v. 11 


" 2 


" 15, v. 40, and 16 , 


9 


26. 


Mar. 3 


" 13 


" 3, v. 22 


" 19 to v. 23 


10 


Mar. 4. 


10 


" 14 to 15, v. 7 


" 4; v. 43 


" 21, v. 17 to v. 37 


11 


11. 


17 


" 17 to v. 23 


Mark 1, v.16 


" 22, v. 30, to 23, v. 11 


.12 


18. 


24 


" 18, v. 16, or 19, v. 12 to 
v. 30. 


John 5 to v. 19 


" 26 


13 


25. 


31 


" 21 to v. 9, and 22 to v. 20 


Mark 2, v. 23, to 3, v. 20 


Rom. 1 to v. 18 


14 


April 1. 


April 7 


" 24 to v. 29 


Matt. 5, v. 27 


" 3, v. 19, to 4, v. 9 


15 


8. 


14 


" 24, v. 29 


" 7 


" 7, v. 21, to 8, v. 18 


16 


15. 


21 


" 27 to v. 41 


Luke 7, v. 36 


" 11 to v. 22 


17 


22. 


28 


" 27, v. 41 and 28 


Matt. 13 to v. 24 


" 13 


18 


29. 


May 5 


" 32 


" 8, v. 18 


" 14, v. 19, to 15, v. 14 


19 


May 6. 


12 


" 37 


" 10 to v. 24 


1 Cor. 1 to v. 26 


20 


13. 


19 


" 41, v. 14 


Mark 6, v. 20 to v. 47 


4 


21 


20. 


26 


" 42 or 4£ 


John 6, v. 41 to 7, v. 2 


" 12 to v. 28 


22 


27. 


June 2 


" 45 to 46, v. 8 


Mark 7, v. 24 


" 14 to v. 20 


23 


June 3. 


9 


" 47, v. 27, and 48 


Matt. 16, v. 13 


" 15, v. 35 


24 


10. 


16 


" 49 


" 18 to 19, v. 2 


2 Cor. 3, v. 12, to 4, v. 7 


25 


17. 


23 


Ex. 2 


Luke 10 to v. 17 


" 5, v. 11, to 6, v. 11 


26 


24. 


30 


" 3 to 4, v. 19 


John 7, v. 32 to 8, v. 2 


" 11, v. 16, to 12, v. 14 


27 


July 1. 


July 7 


" 7 or 9 or 10 


" 8, v. 31 


Gal. 3 


28 


8. 


14 


" 12 to v. 43 


" 9, v. 39 to 10, v. 22 


6 


29 


15. 


21 


" 13, v. 17, and 14 


Luke 11 to v. 29 


Eph. 4 to v. 25 


30 


22. 


28 


" 16 


" 12 to v. 32 


5, v. 22, to 6, v. 10 


31 


29. 


Aug. 4 


" 17 


" 13 to v. 10 


Philip. 1 to v. 27 


32 


Aug. 5. 


11 


" 19 to v. 14, and 20 to v. 22 


John 11 to v. 46 


Col. 1, v. 9, to 2, v. 6 


33 


12. 


18 


" 24, v. 4, to 25, v. 23 


Luke 14 


1 Thess. 4, v. 13, to 5, v. 12, or 
eh. 5 


34 


19. 


25 


" 26, v. 30, and 27 or 28 to 
v. 22, and v. 29 to v. 42 


" 16 


1 Tim. 1 

* 


35 


26. 


Sept. 1 


" 30 to 31, v. 12 


" 17, v. 20 


2 Tim. 2 


36 


Sept. 2. 


8 


" 32 


Mark 10, v. 2 to v. 31 


Titus 2 to 3, v. 8 


37 


9. 


15 


" 33 or 34 


Luke 19, v. 2 to v. 29 


Heb. 1 to 2, v. 5 


38 


16. 


22 


" 35 or 40 


John 12, v. 20 


" 9 


39 


23. 


29 


Lev. 6, v. 8 


Matt. 21, v. 33 to 22, v. 15 


" 12 


40 


30. 


Oct. 6 


" 7, v. 7 


Luke 20 to v. 20 


James 3 


41 


Oct. 7. 


13 


" 10 


Matt. 25 to v. 31 


1 Peter 2, v. 11, to 3, v. 13 


42 


14. 


20 


" 23 or 25, to v. 24 


" 26 to v. 20 


2 Peter 1 


43 


21. 


27 


Num.13, v. 17, to 14, v. 26 


John 13, v. 21 


1 John 1 to 2, v. 3 


44 


28. 


Nov. 3 


" 16 to v. 36 


" 14 


4 


45 


Nov. 4. 


10 


" 16, v. 36, and 17 to 18, v. 8 


" 15, v. 18 to 16, v. 5 


3 John 


46 


11. 


17 


" 21 


" 17 


Rev. 1 


47 


18. 


24 


" 22 to v. 36 


Matt. 26, v. 57 


2, v. 18 


48 


25. 


Dec. 1 


" 22, v. 36, and 23 


John 18, v. 28, to v. 39 


" 4 


49 


Dec. 2. 


8 


" 24 


" 19 to v. 25 


6 


50 


9. 


15 


Deut. 4, to v. 32, or 4, v. 44 
and 5 


" 19, v. 25 


" 14 


51 


16. 


22 


" 6 or 29, and 30, v. 15 


Luke 24, v. 13 to v. 36 


" 17 


52 


23. 


29 


" 31, v. 22, and 32 to v. 48 


John 20, v. 19 to v. 31 


" 19 


53 


30. 


31 


" 33 and 34 to v. 9 


" 21, v. 15 


" 21 



TABLE OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR DIVINE SERVICE OU EVERY LORD'b UAY 

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



FIRST YEAR. 


EVENING. 


G > 

O P 
•J 


MONTH AND DAY. 


OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. 


GOSPEL. 


EPISTLE. 


1 


Jan. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 


Prov. 1, v. 20, to 2, v. 10 


Luke 1, v. 26, to v. 39 


Acts 2 to v. 22 


2 


8. Jan. 14 


" 8 


" 1, v. 57 


3 


3 


15. 21 


Eccl. 1, v. 12, to 2, v. 18 


2 to v. 21 


" 5, v. 17 


4 


22. 28 


" 11, v. 7, and 12 


Matt. 2 


8 to or from v. 26 


5 


29. Feb. 4 


Isa. 1 to v. 21 


John 1 to v. 19 


" 10 to v. 24 


6 


Feb. 5. 11 


2 


Matt. 4 to v. 12 


" 11 


7 


12. 18 


5 


John 1, v. 35 


" 13 to v. 14 


8 


19. 25 


" 6 


" 3 to v. 22 


" 17, v. 16 


9 


26. Mar. 3 


8, v. 11, to 9, v. 8 


" 4, v. 4 to v. 43 


" 20, v. 17 


10 


Mar. 4. 10 


" 11 and 12 


Luke 4, v. 16 to v. 33 


" 21, v. 37 to 22, V. 30 


11 


11. 17 


" 13 to v. 14 


Mark 2 to v. 14 


" 25 


12 


18. 24 


" 14 


John 5, v. 19 


" 28, v. 16 


13 


25. 31 


" 22 


Matt. 5 to v. 27 , 


Rom. 2 


14 


April 1. April 7 


" 24 or 25 


" 6' 


5 


15 


8. 14 


" 28 


Luke 7, v. 11 to v. 36 


" 8, v. 18 


16 


15. 21 


" 29 


Matt, 12, v. 22 to v. 50 


" 12 


17 


22. 28 


" 32 or 33 


" 13, v. 24 to v. 53 


" 14 to v. 19 


18 


29. May 5 


" 35 


9, v. 10 to v. 34 


" 15, v. 14 


19 


May 6. 12 


" 41 


" 10, v. 24 


1 Cor. 1, v. 26, and 2 


20 


13. 19 


" 42 


John 6, v. 22 to v. 41 


" 10, v. 13 to 11, v. 2 


21 


20. 26 


" 44 


Mark 7 to v. 24 


" 12, v. 28, and 13 


22 


27. June 2 


" 45 


" 8 to v. 27 


" 15 to v. 35 


23 


June 3. 9 


" 49 to v. 14 


Matt. 17 


2 Cor. 1 to v. 23 


24 


10. 16 


" 51 to v. 17 


Luke 9, v. 51 


" 4, v. 7, to 5, v. 11 


25 


17. 23 


" 52 to v. 13 


John 7 to v. 32 


9 


26 


24. 30 


" 52, v. 13, and 53 


8, v. 2 to v. 31 


" 13 


27 


July 1. July 7 


" 54 


9 to v. 39 


Gal. 5 


28 


8. 14 


" 55 


Luke 10, v. 17 to v. 42 


Eph. 1 


29 


15. 21 


" 58 


" 11, v. 29 


4, v. 25, to 5, v. 22 


30 


22. 28 


" 59 


" 12, v. 32 


" 6, v. 10 


31 


29. Aug. 4 


" 60 


John 10, v. 22 


Philip. 3 


32 


Aug. 5. 11 


" 61 and 62 


Luke 13, v. 10 


Col. 3, v. 5, to 4, v. 7 


33 


12. 18 


" 63 and 64 


" 15 


2Thess. 1 and 2 to v. 13 


34 


19. 25 


" 65 


" 17 to v. 20 


1 Tim. 4 


35 


-,.26. Sept. 1 


' ' 66 


" 18 to v. 15 


2 Tim. 3 to 4, v. 9 


36 


Sept. 2. 8 


Jer. 1 


Matt. 20 to v. 29 


Philemon 


37 


9. 15 


5, v. 11 


John 11, v. 55, and 12, v. 
1, and v. 9 to v. 20 


Heb. 4, v. 14 to 5, v. 11 


38 


16. 22 


" 7 


Matt. 21, v. 10 to v. 33 


" 11 to v. 17 


39 


23. 29 


" 8, v. 14, and 9 


" 23 


James 1 


40 


30. Oct. 6 


" 13 to v. 18 


Luke 21, v. 20 to v. 37 


1 Peter 1, or 1, v. 13, to 2, 
v. 11 


41 


Oct. 7. 13 


" 19 and 20 to v. 13 


Matt. 25, v. 31 


" 5 


42 


14. 20 


" 23 to v. 23 


John 13 to v. 21 


2 Peter 3 


43 


21. 27 


" 23, v. 23 


Matt. 26, v. 26 to v. 36 


1 John 3, v. 11 


44 


28. Nov. 3 


" 25 


John 15 to v. 18 


2 John 


45 


Nov. 4. 10 


" 26 


" 16, v. 5 


Jude 


46 


11. 17 


" 27 or 28 


Matt. 26, v. 36 to v. 57 


Rev. 2 to v. 18 


47 


18. 24 


" 30 


" 27 to v. 15 


3 


48 


25. Dec. 1 


" 31, v. 18 


Luke 23, v. 6 to v. 26 


5 


49 


Dec. 2. 8 


" 35 


" 23, v. 26 to v. 46 


" 7 


50 


9. 15 


" 36 


John 20 to v. 19 


" 15 


51 


16. 22 


" 38 


Luke 24, v. 36 to v. 50 


" 18 


52 


23. 29 


" 42 to 43, v. 8 ; or 50 to 
v. 21 


John 21 to v. 15 


" 20 


53 


30. 31 


" 51, v. 41 ; or Lamenta- 
tions 2 to v. 20 


Matt. 28, v. 16 and Mark 

16, v. 9 


" 22 



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TABLE OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR DIVINE SERVICE ON EVERY LORD'S DAY 

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



SECOND YEAR. 


MORNING. 


« < 

o Q 
2 


MONTH 


AND DAY. 


OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. 


GOSPEL. 


EPISTLE. 


1 


Jan. 1, 2, 


3, 4, 5, 


6,7 


Josh. 3, v. 7, to 4, v. 15 


Luke 1 to v. 26 


Acts 1 


•_> 


— s. 


Jan. 


14 


5, v. 10, to 6, v. 21 


" 1, v. 39 to v. 57 


2, v. 22 


3 


15. 





21 


7 


Matt. 1, v. 18 


4 to v. 32 


4 


22. 





28 


" 24 


Luke 2, v. 21 to v. 40 


6, V. 9 to 7, V. 30 


5 


29. 


Feb. 


4 


Judges 2 


2, v. 40 


9 to v. 31 


6 


Feb. 5. 





11 


6 


3 


" 10, v. 24 


7 


12. 





18 


7 to v. 23 


John 1, v. 19 to v. 35 


" 12 


8 


19. 





25 


12 and 13 


2 


" 13, v. 14 


9 


26. 


Mar. 


3 


Ruth 1 


" 3, v. 22 


" 15 to v. 36 


10 


Mar. 4. 





10 


1 Sam. 3 


4, v. 43 


" 19, v. 23 


11 


11. 





17 


" 4 


Luke 4, v. 33 


" 21, v. 17 to v. 37 


12 


18. 





24 


" 9, v. 15, and 10 or 12 


John 5 to v. 19 


" 23, v. 31, and 24 


13 


25. 





31 


" 15, v. 10 to 16, v. 14 ; 
or ch. 13. 


Matt. 12 to v. 22 


" 27 


14 


April 1. 


April 7 


17, v. 12 


Luke 6, v. 37 


Rom. 1 to v. 18 


15 


8. 





14 


" 24 or 26 


" 7, v. 11 to v. 35 


6 


16 


15. 





21 


" 2S 


7, v. 36 


8, v. 18 


17 


22. 





28 


2 Sam. 1 


" S to v. 19 


" 12 


18 


29. 


May 


5 


6 


" S, v. 22 to v. 41 


" 14 to v. 19 


19 


May 6. 





12 


" 12 to v. 24 


Matt. 9, v. 35 to 10, v. 24 


" 16 


20 


13. 





19 


" 15 


John 6 to v. 22 


1 Cor. 4 


21 


20. 





26 


17 


" 0, v. 41 to 7, v. 2 


6 


22 


27. 


June 


2 


" IS ^ 


Matt. 15, v. 2 to v. 39 


" 10 to 11, v. 2 


23 


June 3. 





9 


" 19 to v. 41 


" 16, v. 13 


" 12, v. 28, and 13 


24 


10. 





16 


1 Chron. 28 to v. 10, and 29 


" 18 to 19, v. 2 


" 15 to v. 35 


25 


17. 





23 


2Chron. 1 and 2 


Luke 10 to v. 17 


2 Cor. 1, v. 23, and 2 


20 


24. 





30 


1 Kings 6 


John 7, v. 32, to 8, v. 2 


*' 5, v. 20, and 6 to 7, 

v. 2 
" 10 


27 


July 1. 


July 


/ 


S, v. 22 


8 v. 31 


28 


S. 





14 


11, v. 9 


Luke 10, v. 17 


Gal. 1 


2!) 


15. 





21 


12 


" 11 to v. 29 


" 4, to 5, v. 2 


30 


22. 





28 


16, v. 29, and 17 


" 12 to v. 32 


Eph. 2, v. 19, and 3 


31 


29. 


Aug. 


4 


18 


" 13 to v. 10 


" 5, v. 8, to 6, v. 10 


32 


Aug. 5. 





11 


19 


John 11 to v. 46 


Philip. 3, v. 17, and 4 


33 


12. 





18 


22 to v. 41 


Luke 14 


Col. 4 


34 


19. 





25 


2 Kings 2 to v. 16 


" 16 


IThess. 2, v. 13, and 3 


35 


26. 


Sept. 


1 


" 4 or 5 


" 17, v. 20 


1 Tim. 2 and 3 


30 


Sept. 2. 





S 


" - 10 


Matt. 19 


2 Tim. 1 


37 


9. 





15 


13 


Luke 19, v: 2 to v. 29 


Titus 1 


38 


16. 





22 


17 


John 12, v. 20 


Philemon 


39 


23. 





29 


" 18, v. 37 (or v. 13 to 
v. 26) and 19 


Mark 11, v. 27, to 12, v. 13 


Heb. 5 to 6, v. 13 


40 


30. 


Oct. 


6 


20 


Matt. 23 


" 10, v. 19 


41 


Oct. 7. 





13 


2 Chron. 34, v. 8 


" 24, v. 15 


" 13, v. 5 


42 


14. 





20 


35 


" 25, v. 31 


James 4 or 5 


43 


21. 





27 


36 


Luke 22 to v. 19 


2 Peter 2 


44 


28. 


Nov. 




Ezra 3 


John 13, v. 21 


1 John 5 


45 


Nov. 4. 





10 


Neh. 1 and 2 


" 14 


3 John 


46 


11. 





17 


" 7, v. 73 and 8 


" 16 


Jude 


47 


18. 





24 i 


Esther 5, v. 9, 6 and 7 


Luke 22, v. 39 to v. 54 


Rev. 2 to v. 18 


48 


25. 


Dec. 


1 


Job 1 and 2 to v. 11 


John 18, v. 28 to v. 39 


3 


49 


Dec. 2. 





8 


" 2, v. 11, and 3 


Matt. 27, v. 3 to v. 39 


5 


50 


9. 





15 


" 8, v. 1 and v. 20, 21, 
22, and ch. 9 


" 28 to v. 16 


" 7 


51 


16. 





22 


" 11 to v. 7, ch. 12 and 
13tov. 17,orch. 28 


Luke 24, v. 13 to v. 36 


" 12 


52 


23. 





29 


38 


John 20, v. 19 to v. 31 


" 19 


53 


30. 





31 


" 42 


" 21, v. 15 


" 21 



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TABLE OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR DIVINE SERVICE ON EVERY LORD'S DAY 

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



SECOND YEAR. 



o a 



1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 

41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 



MONTH AND DAY. 



Jan. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 

8. Jan. 14 

21 

28 

4 

11 

18 

25 

3 

- 10 

17 

24 

31 

April 7 

14 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April 



15. 
22. 

29. 

5. 
12. 
19. 
26. 

4. 
11. 
18. 
25. 

1. 



May 



15. 
22. 
29. 
6. 
13. 
20. 
27. 



June 3. 

10. 

17. 

24. 

July 1. 

8. 

15. 

22. 

29. 

Aug. 5. 

12. 

19. 

26. 

Sept. 2. 

16. 

23. 

30. 

Oct. 7. 

14. 

21. 

28. 

Nov. 4. 

11. 

18. 

25. 

Dec. 2. 

9. 

16. 

23. 

30. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



May 



21 
28 
5 
- 12 

19 

26 

June 2 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



15 

22 

29 

Oct. 6 



13 

20 

27 

Nov. 3 

10 

24 

Dec. 1 

8 

15 

22 

29 

31 



EVENING. 



OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. 



Ezek. 1 and 2 

3 
" 8 and 9 
" 10 
" 11 
" 14 
" 17 
" 20, v. 30 
" 24 
" 26 
" 27 

" 33 to v. 21 
" 34 
" 36, v. 19 
" 37 
" 39, v. 17 
" 43 to 44, v. 5 
" 47 to v. 13 
Dan. 1 

2 

3 

4 

5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

" 10 

" 11, v. 36, and 12 
Hosea 5, v. 8 to 6, v. 7 
" 10, v. 12, and 11 
" 13, v. 9, and 14 
Joel 2 

3, v. 9 
Amos 5 to v. 18 
Obadiah 
Jonah 1 and 2 
Micah 3 and 4 to v. 9 

7 
Nahum 1 

Hab. 1 and 2 to v. 15 
Zeph. 1 and 2 to v. 4 
Haggai 2 



Zech. 



Mai. 



1 

2 

8 to v. 18 
10 
11 

12 to 13, v. 
14 

1 

2 

3 and 4 



Luke 1, v. 26 to v. 39 
" 1, v. 57 
2 to v. 21 
Matt. 2 

John 1 to v. 19 
Luke 4 to v. 15 
John 1, v. 35 
" 3 to v. 22 
" 4, v. 4 to v. 43 
Luke 4, v. 16 to v. 33 
" 5, v. 12 to v. 27 
John 5, v. 19 
Luke 6, v. 12 to v. 37 
Matt. 8 to v. 1 
" 11, v. 20 
Mark 3, v. 22 
" 4, v. 26 
Luke 8, v. 41 
Matt. 10, v. 24 
John 6, v. 22 to v. 41 
Matt. 15 to v. 21 

" 15, v. 39, and 16 to 
v. 13 
Luke 9, v. 28 to v. 46 

" 9, v. 51 
John 7 to v. 32 
" 8, v. 2 to v. 31 
" 9 to v. 39 
Luke 10, v. 17 to v. 42 
" 11, v. 29 
" 12, v. 32 
John 10, v. 22 
Luke 13, v. 10 
" 15 

" 17 to v. 20 
" 18 to v. 15 
Mark 10, v. 32 
Luke 19, v. 29 to v. 45 
Mark 11, v. 11 to v. 27 
Luke 20, v. 20 to v. 45 
Mark 12, v. 41, and 13 to 

v. 14 
Matt. 25 to v. 31 
John 12 to v. 9 
" 13 to v. 21 
Luke 22, v. 19 to v. 39 
John 15 
" 17 
Luke 22, v. 54 to v. 71 
" 23, v. 6 to v. 26 
Matt. 27, v. 39 
John 20 to v. 19 
Luke 24, v. 36 to v. 50 
John 21 to v. 15 
Mark 16, v. 9 



Acts 2 to v. 22 

3 
" 4, v. 32, to 5, v. 17 

7, v. 30 
" 10 to v. 24 
" 11 

" 13 to v. 14 
" 14 
" 18 
" 20 

" 21, v. 37, to 22, v. 30 
" 26 
" 28 
Rom. 3, v. 19, to 4, v. 9 
" 7, v. 21, to 8, v. 18 
" 11, v. 22 
" 13 
" 14, v. 19, to 15, v. 14 

1 Cor. 3 

5 
" 9 
" 12 to v. 28 

" 14, v. 20 
" 15, v. 35 

2 Cor. 3 to 4, v. 7 

8 

" 13 

Gal. 2 

Eph. 2 to v. 19 
" 4, v. 17, to 5, v. 8 
Philip. 1, v. 27, to 2, v. 19 

Col. 2, v. 6, to 3, v. 5 
IThess. 1 to 2, v. 13 
2Thess.2, v. 13, and 3 

1 Tim. 6 

2 Tim. 4 
Titus 3 

Heb. 3 to 4, v. 12 
8 
" 11, v. 17, to 12, v. 3 

James 2 

1 Peter 3, v. 13, to 4, v. 12 

1 John 2, v. 15, to 3, v. 11 

2 John 

3 John 
Rev. 1 

" 2, v. 18 
" 4 
6 

" 10 and 11 

" 13 to 14, v. 5 

" 20 

" 22 



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TH£ SENTENCES. 



~\T7 E will lift up our eyes to the everlasting hills, from whence 
cometh our salvation. Our help is in the name of the Lord, 
which made Heaven and^Earth. 

The Lord is in His Holy Temple; let all the earth keep silence 
before Him. 

God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him, must worship Him 
in spirit and in truth. The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit; 
a broken and contrite heart, God, Thou wilt not despise. 

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts, and let them return unto the Lord, -and He will have 
mercy upon them ; yea, , unto our God, for He will abundantly 
pardon. 

For we have not an High Priest who cannot be touched with 
the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as 
we are, yet without sin. 

I will arise and will go unto my father, and will say unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son. 

SILENT PRAYER BY THE MINISTER. 2 

/^\ ALMIGHTY and most merciful Lord, who hast been pleased 

to commit to me. Thine unworthy servant, the stewardship of 

the mysteries of God, and the ministry of reconciliation, help me 

now to approach these sacred offices in all penitence and humility 



14 MORNING PRA YER. 

of mind ; that, interceding for Thy people, and holding forth the 
word of life, I may both save myself and them that hear me, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

ANOTHER. 

C\ ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, I am unworthy that I 
^^ should enter into Thy courts, or be numbered among Thy 
people ; how much more that I should assume the ministry of Thy 
holy word ; I have sinned against Thee in thought, in speech, and 
in actions manifold, and need first myself to partake of the washing 
of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost ; have mercy 
upon Thy servant, gracious Lord, and help me this day to glorify 
Thy Name in Thy sanctuary. Deliver me from all evil thoughts, 
and temptations of the devil ; from pride, ambition, and the. fear of 
man which bringeth a snare ; enlarge my heart in the love of Thy 
truth, and in love of the souls for which Thou hast died ; and clothe 
me with the garments of salvation, that Thy people may rejoice in 
God, and sinners be converted unto Thee ; all which I humbly beg 
in the Name of Christ Jesus my Saviour. Amen. 

PREFACE AND CONFESSION. 3 

A/FEET and right it is, O Lord, yea most pleasant and goodly, 
to laud, to bless, to celebrate, and adore Thee, in all places 
of Thy dominion ; for Thou only art the Lord, infinite, eternal, 
unchangeable ; Thou with Thine only begotten son, and Thy Holy 
Spirit. Thou didst form us first from the dust of the earth, and 
when we had fallen by transgression, didst lift us up ; nor dost 
Thou cease to minister unto us all things pertaining to life and sal- 
vation ; Therefore, with Cherubim and Seraphim, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand of the heavenly host, we cry aloud, and say— 

{The people here joining in\ _ HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD GOD OF SABAOTH, 

heaven and earth aee full of the majesty of thy gloey ; 
hosanna in the highest, blessed be he that cometh in the 
Name of the Loed. 

But since we are not as the angels, O Lord, who surround Thy 
throne, but fallen by apostacy from God, and defiled with number- 
less transgressions, it becomes us to bow down before Thee with 
shame and humble confession of our sins ; saying, — [People aloud with the 

Minister]—- 



morning prayer. 15 

Almighty and most merciful Father ; we have erred and 
strayed from thy ways like lost sheep ; we have followed 
too much the devices and desires of our own hearts ; we have 
offended against thy holy laws ; we have left undone those 
things which we ought to have done ; and we have done 
those things which we ought not to have done ; and there 
is no health in us ; but thou, lord, have mercy upon us 
miserable offenders; spare thou those, o god, who confess 
their faults ; restore thou those who are penitent ; accord- 
ING to Thy promises declared unto mankind, in Christ Jesus 
our Lord ; and grant, O most merciful Father, *for His sake, 
that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober 

LIFE ; TO THE GLORY OF THY HOLY JSTaME. AMEN. 

THE BEATITUDES. 4 

AND seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain; and 
Jl\. when He was set, His disciples came unto Him ; and He 
opened His mouth and taught them, saying : 

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven ; 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, 
for they shall be filled. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children 
of God ; 

Lord have mercy upon us, and make us partakers of the blessed- 
ness promised to them, we do beseech Thee. 

Hear also further what our Lord Jesus Christ said : Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And 



IQ MORNING PRAYER. 

the second is like unto it, which is this : Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the 
prophets. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write all these thy precepts on our 
hearts we do beseech Thee. 

LET US PRAY. 

(People and Minister together.) 

r\ TJR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us ; and lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Amen. 

Here shall be read 
THE LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 

THE TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 5 

{People and Minister alternately.) 

1. WE praise Thee, O God ; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 

2. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. 

3. To Thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the powers 
therein. 

4. To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry : 

5. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; 

6. Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory. 

7. The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee ; 

8. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee ; 

9. The white-robed army of the Martyrs praise Thee ; 

10. The Holy Church throughout the whole world doth acknowl- 
edge Thee; 

11. The Father, of an infinite majesty ; 

12. Thine adorable, true, and only Son ; 

13. Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; 

14. Thou art the King of Glory, Christ ; 

15. Thou art the Everlasting Son of the Father ; 

16. When Thou tooTcest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst 
humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin. 



MORNING PRAYER. 17 

17. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou 
didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers ; 

18. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the Glory of the 
Father ; 

19. We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge ; 

20. We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast 
redeemed with Thy precious blood ; 

21. Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints, in glory ever- 
lasting ; 

22. Lord save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage ; 

• 23. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Gfhost. 
24. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
toithout end. Amen. 

THE APOSTLES' CREED. 

(Recited by Minister and People together.) 

I BELIEVE in God the Fathee Almighty, Makek of heaven 
and earth, and ln> jesus cheist hls only son, our lord, 
who was conceived by the holy ghost, born of the vlrgin 
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and 

BURIED 6 ; THE THIRD DAY He AROSE FROM THE DEAD, He ASCENDED 

into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of god the 
Father Almighty ; from thence He shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead. i believe in the holy ghost, the holy 
Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness 
of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 

Then shall be sung 
A PSALM op HYMN. 

The LESSON from the NEW TESTAMENT. 



THE LITANY. 

(The Address to be spoken by the Minister, the Acclamation by the People.) 
[Observe that on Communion Sundays the Litany is to be omitted from the Morning Prayer.] 

r\ GOD, the Father of Heaven, 
^~s Have mercy upon us. 

2. O God trie Son, Redeemer of the world, 
Have mercy upon us. 

2 



lg MORNING PR A YER. 

3. God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the 
Son, 

Have mercy upon us. 

4. O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, Three Persons and One 
God, 

Have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 

5. Remember not, Lord, onr offences, neither take thou vengeance 
for our former sins ; spare us, good Lord ; spare Thy people which 
Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood, and be not angry 
with us for ever ; 

Spare us, good Lord. 

6. From all vain imaginations and delusions, from the sin that 
doth so easily beset us, from the temptations of the world, the flesh 
and the Devil, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

7. From all unhallowed and sinful affections, from all defilements 
of soul and spirit, from unbelief and contempt of Thy word and 
commandments, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

8. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion, from all 
heresy and schism, from a blinded conscience, and from grieving 
Thy Holy Spirit, from an impenitent death, and from death ever- 
lasting, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

9. From a wicked and hardened heart ; from pride, covetousness, 
and hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

10. From sword, pestilence, and famine ; from lightning and tem- 
pest ; from self-murder, and sudden death, and from despair of Thy 
mercy, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

11. From all rash judging and evil speaking ; from grudging at 
others' good, or repining at our own harm ; from all murmuring at 
Thy providences, and from a stubborn and rebellious mind, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

12. By the mystery of Thy spotless incarnation, by Thy holy birth 
and baptism, by Thy fasting and temptation in the wilderness, and by 
Thy victory over Satan, 

Good Lord deliver us. 



MORNING PR A YER. 19 

13. By Thine agony and bloody sweat, by Thy saving cross and 
passion, by Thy precious death and burial, by Thy glorious resurrec- 
tion and ascension, by Thy reigning at the right hand of God, and by 
the coining of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

14. In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our extremity, in 
the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

15. We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord ; and that 
Thou wouldst grant us true repentance and amendment of life ; that 
Thou wouldst freely pardon all our sins, and pour into our hearts 
continually the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, 

We beseech Tfiee to hear us, good Lord. 

16. That Thou wouldst give to us increase of faith, hope, and 
charity ; that Thou wouldst grant to all Christians the spirit of unity 
and peace ; that Thou wouldst heal our strifes and divisions, and 
shortly tread down Satan binder our feet ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

17. That Thou wouldst send forth laborers into Thy Harvest, and 
be with Thy servants who preach Thy Gospel among the nations ; 
that Thou wouldst disappoint the expectations of Thine enemies, and 
establish Thy throne in all the earth ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

18. That Thou wouldst keep all Thy servants, the ministers of Thy 
Gospel, in purity of doctrine and in holiness of life, that so holding 
fast the faithful word, and walking as ensamples to the flock, they 
may both save themselves and tnose that hear them ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

19. That Thou wouldst send down on all our bishops and pres- 
byters, and the congregations committed to their care, the healthful 
spirit of Thy grace ; that they may watch for souls as those that must 
give account ; that Thou wouldst revive true religion in the hearts of 
Thy people, and that sinners may be converted unto Thee ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

20. That Thou wouldst bless all the rulers and judges of our 
land, giving them grace that they bear not the sword in vain, but 
be a terror to evil doers, and a praise to them that do well ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 



20 MORNING PR A YER. 

21. That Thou wouldst bless and save our country, delivering us 
from all our iniquities, and making us an ensample to the nations, of 
peace and righteousness ; that Thou wouldst increase in us the power 
of true religion, and make us that happy people whose God is the 
Lord ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

22. That Thou wouldst have compassion on all those that are 
drawn aside into lying idolatries and damnable heresies, even denying 
the Lord that bought them ; that Thou wouldst deliver Thy people 
who are entangled in the snares of Antichrist, and bring to the knowl- 
edge and acknowledgment of the truth those blind guides who lead 
the blind to destruction ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

23. That Thou wouldst guard for us our land in peace, our atmos- 
phere in purity, and wouldst give and preserve to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, that in due season we may enjoy them ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

24. That Thou wouldst have mercy upon all those who tempt Thy 
people to sin ; who follow in the steps of Balaam for a reward, and 
love the wages of unrighteousness ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

25. That Thou wouldst take pity on all that are oppressed and 
suffer wrong ; that Thou wouldst break the arm of the oppressor, and 
speedily avenge Thine elect who cry day and night unto Thee without 
ceasing ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

26. Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us ! 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 

27. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, 

Grant us Thy 'peace! 

PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 

STATES. 8 

C\ GOD, who hast revealed to us Thy holy will that we should 
offer supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, 
for all that are in authority, we humbly intercede before Thy throne 
for princes, rulers, and magistrates in every land, beseeching Thee, 
who art the sovereign Lord and universal King, so to guide, restrain, 
and control them, that by their means Thy people may lead quiet and 



MORNING PRA YER. 21 

peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty ; more especially we pray 
for Thy servant the President of these United States, for the Governor 
of this Commonwealth, and for all who are called to make or execute 
the law^s of this land ; graft in their hearts the love of Thy Name ; 
bestow upon them wisdom in every time of need ; make them chosen 
instruments of good to this Thy people which Thou hast redeemed, 
and help them so to use their stewardship, that at last they may hear 
Thee saying, Well done, good and faithful servant. Grant this for 
the sake of our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ the Lord. 
Amen. 

PRAYER 

TO BE USED DURING THE SESSIONS OF CONGRESS. 

GOD, who didst ordain for Thine ancient people, elders, and 



o 



rulers of the tribes, to take counsel for their well-being, and 
ordain statutes for their peace and unity, we earnestly commend to 
Thee the Congress of these United States now in session assembled, 
and charged with the like care for this nation ; beseeching Thee, that 
by wise and Christian counsels, quiet and order may be maintained 
at home, and peace with justice towards all other peoples ; and that 
God may so be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause His face to 
shine upon us, that Thy way may be known upon earth, and Thy 
saving health among all the nations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

PRAYER OF ST. BASIL. 9 

y\ GOD, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord, to 
make this our common supplication unto Thee, and dost promise 
that where two or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt 
grant their requests, fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of 
Thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this 
world the knowledge of Thy truth, and in the world to come, life 
everlasting. Amen. 

HYMN. 

SERMON. 

PRAYER by the Minister. 

HYMN. 

BENEDICTION. 



Artier of €bentng Eraser* 



THE SENTENCES. 



XpROM the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the 
-■- Lord' s Name is to be praised. 

Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father who is in 
heaven. 

Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it ; the sacrifices of 
God are a broken spirit ; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou 
wilt not despise. 

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting 
life. 

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ 
Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us draw near 
with a true heart in full assurance of faith ; 

For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the 
feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet without sin ; 

Wherefore He is able to save unto the uttermost all that come to 
God through Him. 

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found ; call ye upon Him while 
He is near ; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts, and let them return unto the Lord, and He will 
have mercy upon them, and unto our God, for He will abundantly 
pardon. 

SILENT PRAYER OF THE MINISTER. 10 
{The people also praying silently.) 

OLORD God Almighty, the Great and Holy One, who searchest 
the heart and triest the reins of the children of men, have 
mercy upon me, Thine unworthy servant, defiled with unnumbered 



EVENING PRAYER. 23 

transgressions, who presume to stand between Thee and this Thy 
people. Lord, I am not worthy to enter into Thine house ; yet Thou 
hast been pleased to call me into the ministry of Thy word. O Lord, 
show Thy mercy upon me and grant me Thy salvation. Enter not 
into judgment with Thy servant ; for in Thy sight shall no flesh living 
be justified. Pardon all my iniquities, my unworthiness and weak- 
ness. Endue me with holy zeal and courage. Pour upon me the 
grace of Thy good Spirit, and help me this day to declare the whole 
counsel of God, that I may be clean from the blood of all men. Grant 
this, Lord, for the love of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, my Lord. 
Amen. 

ANOTHER FORM. 

BEFORE the face of Thy Divine Majesty, God, I bow down, 
taking it upon me to call upon Thy Holy Name, — I who am 
but dust and ashes. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, a miserable 
sinner. Pardon Thine unworthy servant, defiled with numberless 
transgressions, who presumes to draw near Thy holy place ; and enter 
not into judgment with Thy servant, for in Thy sight shall no flesh 
living be justified. It is of the Lord's mercies that I am not consumed, 
because Thy compassions fail not. But Thou, O Lord, who desirest 
not the death of the sinner, have mercy upon me, and help me this 
day to glorify Thee among Thy people, and show transgressors their 
ways, that sinners may be converted unto Thee. Grant this, O Lord, 
for the love of Thine only Son, my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

PREFACE AND CONFESSION. 

"A /TEET and right it is, yea, very pleasant and profitable, Lord 
1_VX mos t holy, Father Almighty, God eternal, that we should laud, 
bless, and magnify Thy holy Name, always in all places of Thy 
dominion ; for Thou, Lord, hast had mercy upon us, and hast caused 
the dayspring from on high to visit us, bringing salvation through 
Thine only begotten and dearly beloved Son ; therefore with angels 
and archangels, and all the multitude of the heavenly host, we cry 

aloud and say, — \Tlie people joining in]— HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LoED GOD 

Almighty, heaven and eakth aee full of the majesty of 
Thy gloey ; hosanna in the highest ; blessed be he that cometh 
in the Name of the Loed ; but wherewithal shall we sinners, O 
Lord, presume to come into the courts of Thy holiness, or to call upon 



24 E VENING PR A YER. 

Thy great and reverend Name % Thou hast made us a little lower than 
the angels, and we have fallen by transgression from our first estate ; 
we bow down therefore, O Lord, before Thee, and humbly confess 
our sins ; saying,— [The people aloud with the Minister] — 

Almighty and most mekctful Fathee ; we have eeeed and 
steayed eeom thy ways like lost sheep ; we have followed 
too much the devices and desiees of oue own heaets ; we have 
offended against thy holy laws ; we have left undone those 
things which we ought to have done ; and we have done 
those things which we ought not to have done ; and there 
is no health in us ; but thou, o loed, have meecy upon us, 
miseeable offendees ; spare thou those, o god, who confess 
their faults ; eestoee thou those who aee penitent ; accoed- 
ing to Thy peomises declaeed unto mankind, in Cheist Jesus 
oue loed ; and geant, o most meeciful fathee, foe hls sake, 
that we may hereaftee live a godly, eighteous, and sobee 

LIFE ; TO THE GLOEY OF THY HOLY NaME. AMEN. 

DECLARATION OF GOD'S MERCY BY THE MINISTER. 11 

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
- desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn 
from his wickedness and live, hath given power and commandment to 
His ministers to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, 
the absolution and remission of their sins. He pardoneth and ab- 
solveth all those who truly repent and unfeignedly believe His Holy 
Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech Him to grant us true repentance 
and His Holy Spirit, that those things may please Him which we do 
at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and 
holy ; so that at the last, we may come to His eternal joy, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

(Minister and people aloud.) 

OUR Fathee who aet in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on eaeth, as it is 
in heaven. Give us this day oue daily beead ; and foegive 
us oue teespasses, as we foegive them that teespass against 
us ; and lead us not into temptation, but delivee us feom the 
evil one. Amen. 



EVENING PRAYER. 25 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

Then may be read the 
LESSON FOR THE DAY FROM THE PSALTER. 

GLORY IN EXCELSIS. 12 

{To be said or sung.) 

/^ LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards 
men ; we praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee ; we 
glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee, for Thy great glory ; O Lord 
God Heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only 
begotten Son Jesns Christ ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the 
Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy npon us. 
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer ; Thou 
that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us ; 
for Thou only art holy ; Thou only art the Lord ; Thou only, O Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, art 'most high in the glory of God the Father. 
Amen. 

THE APOSTLES' CREED. 

{By the Minister and People together) 

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven 

and earth, and in jesus christ hls only son, our lord, 

who was conceived by the holy ghost, born of the vlrgin 

Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and 

BURIED ; THE THIRD DAY He AROSE FROM THE DEAD ; He ASCENDED 

into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of god the 
Father Almighty ; from thence He shall come to judge the 
quick and the dead. i believe in the holy ghost, the holy 
Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, 13 the Forgiveness 
of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 

O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us, 

And grant us Thy salvation ; 
O God, make clean our hearts within us ; 

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Here may be sung 
A PSALM or HYMN. 



26 E VENING PRA YER. 



PRAYER FOR PEACE. 



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f\ ETERNAL God, who art from everlasting to everlasting, glorious 
^^ in Thy works and in Thy word, who art everywhere present, and 
nigh unto all that call upon Thee in truth, help us now, we beseech 
Thee, to offer in Thy courts a reasonable service, a sacrifice of thanks- 
giving and praise, and let our prayer come before Thee, even into Thy 
holy temple. Remember, O Lord, we pray Thee, Thy covenant with 
Thy people, and Thy holy church throughout the world ; remember 
Thy servants, the true ministers of Thy word, and the congregations 
committed to their care ; may they worship Thee without let or hin- 
drance this day, and may Thy house everywhere be a habitation of 
holiness, the house of prayer and an abode of peace. Preserve to us 
our sanctuaries inviolate, O Lord ; to us Thy servants, and to those 
who shall come after us to the remotest generations. Let God arise, 
and let His enemies be scattered, and let them who hate Him flee 
before Him ; and may we, Thy people, enjoying unnumbered blessings 
from Thy hand, accomplish all Thy holy will, through the grace and 
love towards man, of Thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ ; to whom 
with Thee, Father, and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, both 
now and forever. Amen. 



15 



A PRAYER FOR THE IMPENITENT. 

f\ MOST merciful God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast made, 
^-^ and desirest not the death of the sinner, but rather that he 
should be converted and live ; we beseech Thee to have mercy upon 
impenitent and unbelieving souls, especially upon such as may be 
here present. Awaken in them by Thy Holy Spirit, a deep sense of 
their sinfulness and peril ; take from them all ignorance, hardness 
of heart, and contempt of Thy word ; make them to know and feel 
that there is none other name under heaven given among men, 
whereby they must be saved, but only the Name of Jesus : and 
so fetch them home and number them among Thy children, that 
they may be Thine forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Spirit one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

Here shall be read the 

LESSON from the NEW TESTAMENT 
Here let any special collects for the day be introduced. 



EVENING PRAYER. 27 



PRAYER FOR GRACE AND PERSEVERANCE. 1(i 

ORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of 
-^ all good things, graft in our hearts the love of Thy name, 
increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of 
Thy great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

COLLECT FOR PEACE. 17 

f\ GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels and all just 
works do proceed, give unto Thy servants that peace which the 
world cannot give ; that our hearts may be set to obey Thy command- 
ments, and also that we being defended from the fear of our enemies, 
may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus 
Christ our Saviour. Amen. 



A PRAYER OF ST. BASIL. 



IS 



f\ GOD, the Great and Eternal One, whose glory is infinite, who 
keepest covenant and mercy for all that love Thee, and hast 
given Thine own Son to be our ransom from sin, though thousand 
thousand stand before Thee, and ten thousand times ten thousand 
minister unto Thee, yet deign to accept the worship we sinners have 
now offered at Thy mercy seat. Let Thy good Spirit help our infirmi- 
ties ; cleanse Thou us, O Thou lover of men, from all our defilements, 
and drive from us every thought that might offend Thine infinite 
holiness ; that so, in the simplicity of a perfect faith, and in charity 
with all mankind, we may bring our gift to Thine altar, and that our 
sacrifices of prayer and thanksgiving may be well pleasing in Thy 
sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A ND now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only 
wise God our Saviour, be honor and glory everlasting. 
Amen. 

HYMN. 

SERMON. 

PRAYER by the Minister. 

HYMN. 

BENEDICTION. 



iBrtier of gmnUapg)c|)ool §>ettnce* 



FIRST LESSON. 

After the introductory singing, let the Ten Commandments oe read as follows, the teachers 
and scholars responding : 

AND God spake all these words ; saying, I am the Lord thy God 
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house 
of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Tceep 
this laio. 

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or the likeness 
of any thing that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, 
or that is in the waters under the earth ; thou shalt not bow down 
thyself unto them nor serve them ; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous 
God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy 
unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Tceep 
this law. 

3. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for 
the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Tceep 
this law. 

4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt 
thou labor and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath 
of the Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the 
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, 
and hallowed it. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Tceep 
this law. 






SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 29 

5. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be long 
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

6. Thou shalt not kill. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

8. Thou shalt not steal. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 

this law. 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbor's wife; nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, 
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write all these Thy laws in 
our hearts we do beseech Thee. 

Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ said : 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind. This is 
the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two command- 
ments hang all the law and the prophets. 

f )UR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors ; and lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

THE APOSTLES' CREED. 

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and^ 
earth, and in Jesus. Christ His only Son, our Lord, who was 
conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered 



30 SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 

under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third day 
He rose from the dead, He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the 
right hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence He shall come 
to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the 
Holy Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of 
sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. 

The Service to be closed with prayer and singing at the 
discretion of the Superintendent. 



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LESSON SECOND. 

After singing, let the Beatitudes be read responsively, as follows: 

A ND seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain; and 
when He was set, His disciples came unto Him ; and He 
opened His mouth and taught them, saying : 

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, 
for they shall be filled. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 

Lord ham mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children 
of God ; 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us all these blessings, we 
do beseech Thee. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 31 

PRAYER. 

O ALMIGHTY God, who didst at first command the light to 
shine ont of darkness, we bless Thee that Thon hast shined 
in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ, who is the image of God ; and that from 
our childhood we have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able 
to make us wise unto salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors ; and lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

THE CREED. 

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord ; who was con- 
ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under 
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third day He 
rose from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall come to 
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the JJoly 
Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, 
the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. 



■<*0>r$- 



THIRD LESSON. 

After the introductory singing, let the following he read responsively : 

y HEN said Jesus unto His disciples : If any man will come 
after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and 
follow me ; 

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and whosoever 
will lose his life for My salce and the Gospel's, shall find it. 

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for 
his soul % 



32 SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 

For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with 
His holy angels ; then shall He reward every man according to his 
works. 

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king 
which would take account of his servants ; 

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him 
which owed him ten thousand talents ; 

But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him 
to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and pay- 
ment to be made. 

The servant, therefore, fell down and worshipped him, saying, 
Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and 
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow ser- 
vants which owed him a hundred pence, and he laid hands on him 
and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 

And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, say- 
ing, Have patience with me and I will pay thee all ; 

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison till he 
should pay the debt. 

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were 
very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him : 
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt because thou de- 
sir edst me. Shouldst not thou also have had compassion on thy 
fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee f 

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till 
he should pay all that was due unto him. 

So likewise shall My Heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye 
from your hearts forgive not every one his brother his trespasses. 

[All] — Lord have mercy upon us, and write this holy lesson on our 
hearts, we do beseech Thee. 

PRAYER. 

( J ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who didst so love the 

world as to send Thy dearly beloved Son to be our great 

Teacher, Pattern, and Saviour, help us so heartily to believe and trust 

in Him, repenting of all our sins, that we may obtain free forgiveness, 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 33 

and the adoption of children among all them that are sanctified 
through faith in His name. Amen. 

OUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our debts, as we 
forgive our debtors ; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

THE CREED. 

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
-*- earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord ; who was con- 
ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under 
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third day He 
rose from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to 
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy 
Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, 
the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. 

«3> 



FOURTH LESSON. 
After the introductory singing, let the following Psalm be said : 

H HE heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth 
forth His handy work. 

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth 
knowledge. 

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. 

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to 
the end of the world. 

In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bride- 
groom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to 
run a race. 

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit 
unto the ends of it, and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 
3 



34 SUNDA Y-SCHOOL SER VICE. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul ; the testimony 
of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple ; 

The statutes of the Lord are rights rejoicing the heart ; the com- 
mandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever ; the judgments of 
the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold; 
sweeter also than honey and the honey comb. 

Moreover by them is Thy servant warned ; and in keeping of them 
there is great reward. 

Who can understand his errors f Cleanse Thou me from secret 
faults. 

Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; let them not 
have dominion over me ; 

Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great 
transgression. 

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be 
acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer. 

[All] — Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we praise Thee for all 
the works of Thy hands, for the sun and moon and all the stars 
of light, for the winter and the summer, for the sunshine and the rain, 
for all Thy bounties which crown the year ; but especially for the gift 
of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ to be our Saviour, for Thy blessed Word 
to be our guide to heaven, and for life and immortality brought to 
light through the Gospel ; help us so to read and understand, and learn 
and obey, that we may at length enjoy that glorious and immortal life 
in Thy heavenly kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our debts, as we 
forgive our debtors ; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. Amen. 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 35 

THE CREED. 

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
-*- earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord ; who was con- 
ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under 
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third day He 
rose from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right 
lhand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall come to 
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy 
Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, 
the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. 

^^> 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE FOR CHRISTMAS OR THE 

NATIVITY OF JESUS. 

After the singing of appropriate hymns, let the following be read responsively : 

Gospel ot Matthew, Chapter II. 

^T OW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod 
the king, behold there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, 
Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews ? For we have seen 
His star in the East, and are come to ivorship Him. 

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all 
Jerusalem with him. 

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people 
together, he demanded of them, where Christ should be born. 

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea ; for thus it is written 
by the prophet, 

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the 
princes of Judah ; for out of thee shall cornea Governor who shall rule My 
people Israel. 

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them 
diligently what time the star appeared. 

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go search diligently for the 
young Child, and when ye have found Him, bring me word again, that I may 
come and worship Him also. 

When they had heard the king they departed, and lo, the star which 
they saw in the East went before them till it came and stood over where the 
young Child was. 

When they satv the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 



36 SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young Child with 
Mary His mother, and fell down and worshipped Him; and when they had 
opened their treasures they presented unto Him gifts, gold and frankincense 
and myrrh. 

And being ivarned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, 
they departed into their oivn country another way. 

And when they were departed, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to 
Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the young Child and His mother and 
flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek 
the young Child to destroy Him. 

When he arose he took the young Child and His mother by night and 
departed into Egypt ; 

And was there until the death of Herod ; that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haye I called My 
Son. 

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the ivise men, was 
exceeding wroth, and sent forth and sleiv all the children that were in Bethelehem 
and in all the coasts thereof, from tivo years old and under, according to the time 
'that he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, say- 
ing, 

In Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation and zueeping and great 
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because 
they are not. 

But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream 
to Joseph in Egypt, 

Saying, Arise and take the young Child and His mother and go into the land 
of Israel ; for they are dead which sought the young Child's life. 

And he arose and took the young Child and His mother and came into 
the land of Israel. 

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his 
father Herod, he was afraid to go thither ; notwithstanding, being ivarned of God 
in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee ; 

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth ; that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. 

PRAYER. 

OGOD, who by the bright shining of a star didst guide the wise men from 
the East to come and worship Him that was born King of the Jews and 
Saviour of the world, help us so joyfully and humbly to bring our sacrifice of 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 37 

love and devotion this day, and lay it at His feet, that our offering may be 
acceptable and well pleasing to Thee, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, 
who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the blessed Spirit, one God, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

C\ UR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom 
come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ; give us this day our 
daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors ; and lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; for Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

SINGING. 

Luke II., 8-21. 

\ ND there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping 
watch over their flock by night ; 
And to, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord 
shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. 

And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for behold I bring you good 
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord ; 

And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in 
swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. 

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host 
praising God and saying, 

[All]— Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men. 

PRAYER. 

f ^ ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who didst so love the world as 
to give Thy dearly beloved Son to be born a child for our sakes, and to 
suffer and die at length for our salvation, help us, we do beseech Thee, so 
heartily to repent of all our sins, and so truly to believe His Holy Gospel, that 
we may obtain eternal life through His Name, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee, Father, and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, 
As it ivas in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 



38 SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 

SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE FOR EASTER, OR THE 
RESURRECTION OF JESUS. 

After appropriate singing, let the following Scripture be read responsively : 

Gospel of Matthew, Chapter XXVIII. 

IN the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the 
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 
And behold there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord 
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat 
upon it. 

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow ; 
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men ; 

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear ye not; for I know 
that ye seek Jesus which was crucified ; 

He is not here, for He is risen as He said ; come see the place where the 
Lord lay. 

And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, 
and behold, He goeth before you into Galilee ; there shall ye see Him ; Lo, I 
have told you. 

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, and 
did run to bring His disciples word. 

And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All 
hail ; and they came and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. 

Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid ; go tell My brethren that they go 
into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 

Now when they were going, behold some of the watch came into the city 
and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. 

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they 
gave large money unto the soldiers, 

Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we 
slept. 

And if this come to -the governor's ears, we ivill persuade him and secure 
you. 

So they took the money and did as they were taught; and this saying is 
commonly reported among the Jews until this day. 

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain ivhere 
Jesus had appointed them. 

And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him, but some doubted. 

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in 
heaven and in earth ; 



SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 39 

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Teaching them to observe all things ivhatsoever I have commanded you; 
and to, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the ivorld. Amen. 

PRAYER. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, through whose love and com- 
passion for man, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ freely gave Himself 
up to die for us upon the cross, we praise and bless Thee that, according to Thy 
word and promise, His flesh did not see corruption, but He rose again from the 
dead on the third day. Help us, Lord, so truly to die unto sin, thab we may 
rise with Him to a new life, and at the last day may obtain everlasting life and 
blessedness, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom 
come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ; give us this day our 
aaily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors ; and lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; for Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

SINGING. 
I CoBLNTHIANS XV. 

TDUT now is Christ risen from the dead, and is become the first fruits of 
-*—* them that slept ; 

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead ; 

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 

But every man in his own order ; Ctiirist the first fruits, afterwards they 
that are Christ's at His coming. 

Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to 
God, even the Father ; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority 
and power; 

For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last 
enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what 
body do they come ? 

Thou fool, that which thou soicest is not quickened except it die ; 

And that which thou so west, thou so west not that body that shall be, but 
bare grain ; it may chance of wheat or of some other grain ; 

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed its own 
body. 



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SUNDAY-SCHOOL SERVICE. 



All flesh, is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, 
another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds ; 

There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the 
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another ; 

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and 
another glory of the stars ; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is 
raised in incorruption ; 

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory ; it is sown in weakness, it is 
raised in power ; 

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 

And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul, the last 
Adam was made a quickening spirit. 

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image 
of the heavenly. 

Now this I say brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom 
of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption ; 

Behold, I show you -u mystery ; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed ; 

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the 
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed ; 

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put- 
on immortality ; 

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal 
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is 
written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 

death, where is thy sting ? grave, where is thy victory ? 

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks 
be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, alivays abound- 
ing in the tvorJc of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in 
vain in the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; tvorld without end. 
Amen. 



$ra|>er anti Collects 

FOE VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 



AGAINST UNBELIEF. 



19 



OLORD, most gracious and merciful Saviour, who didst condescend to the 
doubts and weakness of Thy servant Thomas, saying, Eeach hither thine 
hand and thrust it into My side, pardon, we beseech Thee, all our mistrust and 
fears ; increase our faith ; let the blessing pronounced on them that have not 
seen and yet have believed, come upon us, and so may we, growing up to the 
full assurance of faith and love, be able heartily to exclaim, My Lord and my 
God, to the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. 



THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. 



20 



OGOD, who didst aforetime promise by the mouth of Thy servants the 
prophets, that Thine own Son should come into the world, born of a 
Virgin ; and in these latter times hast wondrously fulfilled the same by the Holy 
Incarnation of Jesus Christ our Lord, grant, we beseech Thee, that as we now 
profess and preach that he has indeed come in the flesh for the redemption of 
the world, so we may also with like con fidence look for His second appearing, 
with the glory of the. Father, to judge the quick and dead, that we may then 
enter into rest and blessedness with Him, to whom be honor, glory, and praise, 
through all ages, world without end. Amen. 

FOR PEACE. 21 

OMOST gracious Lord, at whose first coming in the flesh, peace was pro- 
claimed on earth and good will among men, for the reconciling of all 
things to Thyself, grant, we beseech Thee, that we, being made partakers of 
Thy peace, may abide steadfastly therein, until at Thy second coming in 
glorious majesty, we are made the heirs of peace eternal, and enter into the 
possession of the kingdom prepared for us through Thy blood. Amen. 

FOR PEACE. 22 

OLORD our Saviour, who through Thy cross hast reconciled all things that 
are in heaven and earth, speaking peace through Thy blood, grant, we 
beseech Thee, that the peace of God which passeth all understanding may 



42 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

reign in our hearts and minds, that so we may become an habitation for Thy 
Spirit, and Thou Thyself mayst come in unto us, and abide with us for ever. 
Amen. 

FOR PARDON. 23 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing which Thou hast 
-£-*- made, and hast mercy on all who truly turn to Thee, confessing and for- 
saking their sins, give us grace, Thou lover of men, so heartily to hate and 
renounce our sins and our sinful selves, that we shall find pardon with Thee 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

AGAINST DELAY OF CONVERSION. 24 

OGOD, who desirest not the death of the sinner, but rather that he should 
turn and live, save us, we beseech Thee, from that delay of conversion 
which may weary out Thy patience, lest being surprised by a sudden death we 
find no place for repentance; spare us, good Lord, and cut us not off in the 
midst of our sins ; Lord, show Thy mercy upon us, and grant us Thy salva- 
tion ; God, make clean our hearts within us, and take not Thy holy Spirit 
from us. Grant this, Lord, for the love of Thine only Son, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



OR THIS. 



25 



OMOST blessed and glorious Kedeemer, who art the resurrection and the 
life ; in whom if any man believe, he shall not die for ever, grant, we 
beseech Thee, that as by Thy powerful word the dead Lazarus came forth from 
the tomb, so we also by Thy compassion may be raised from death in sin to life 
in Thee, and being loosed from the bands of our former guilt, may henceforth 
walk in new obedience, to the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 



26 



FOR PROTECTION. 

OGOD, whose name is great, who art the refuge and strength of Thy people, 
send help to us Thine unworthy servants we beseech Thee, in all our 
distresses ; save us from the hands of our enemies, and of those that hate us ; 
pour Thy peace into our hearts, and what we have justly forfeited by our sins, 
may we recover by Thy merciful favor, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 



2? 



FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH. 

OGEACIOUS Lord, who before Thou didst give Thyself up as a ransom 
for Thy people on the cross, didst pray that they all might be one in 
Thee, grant, we beseech Thee, that Thy true flock, dispersed among all the 
nations, may indeed keep the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace and in 



COLLECTS AND PRAYERS. 43 

righteousness of life ; heal the divisions of Thy Church, God of Grace, 
banish from her all heresies subverting the foundation of the faith ; that as 
Christ our Lord is one with Thee, so those who love Him, may be one in heart, 
till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of 
God, unto a perfect man, to the fullness of the measure of the stature of 
Christ ; to Him be glory in the Church, world without end. Amen. 

A COLLECT FOR PEACE. 28 

OGOD, who art the author of peace and the lover of concord, in knowledge 
of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom, 
defend us, Thy humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies, that we, safely 
trusting in Thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the 
might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS. 



29 



OGOD of infinite mercy, omnipotent and omnipresent, whom neither distance 
of place nor lapse of time doth separate from those Thou lovest, vouch- 
safe Thy presence, we beseech Thee, to all Thy servants journeying by land or 
voyaging by sea ; go forth with them and lead them in all the way they have 
to go ; protect them from every harm and peril ; guard them from the power of 
every temptation, and prosper them in all the work of their hands, that so, by 
Thy blessing, they may go and return in peace to offer their vows and thanks- 
givings in Thy sanctuary, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

ANOTHER. 30 

OGOD, whose providence is universal, and who guardest by Thy Fatherly 
care all those who put their trust in Thee, we humbly commend to Thy 
safeguard Thy servants traveling by land or by sea ; let the angel of Thy 
presence guide them ; protected by Thy power may they be safe from every 
harm and every temptation : and having a prosperous journey, by Thy will may 
they return again in peace to render their vows and praises to Thy Name, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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A PRAYER OF ST. BASIL 



31 



OGOD, who hast given us the spirit of adoption through the washing of 
regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, help us now to 
worship Thee in spirit and in truth, not in hypocrisy and formality, nor with 
vain repetitions as the heathen use, but with a pure heart and humble voice, 
giving all honor, praise and blessing, to Thee, Lord most holy, Father 
Almighty, God Eternal, through Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with 
Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 



44 COLLECTS AND PRAYERS. 

A PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 32 

OGOD, who hast promised through the mouth of Thine only begotten Son 
our Saviour to send down upon Thy people the Comforter, even the 
Spirit of Truth, to abide with them forever, visit, we pray Thee, this congrega- 
tion accordingly with Thy love and favor ; enlighten our minds more and more 
with the light of Thine everlasting Gospel ; graft in our hearts the love of Thy 
truth, increase in us true religion, nourish us in all goodness, and of Thy great 
mercy keep us in the same, blessed Spirit, whom with the Father and the 
Son together, we worship and glorify, one God, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER FOR THE MEETING OF A PRESBYTERY OR 
OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL BODY. 33 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who by Thy Holy Spirit didst enlighten 
-*"*- the minds of Thy servants the Apostles and Elders, met together at 
Jerusalem to take counsel for the peace and unity of Thy Church, and hast 
promised by Thy Son Jesus Christ, to be with Thy faithful ministers to the 
end of the world, grant us, we beseech Thee, the same enlightening and life- 
giving spirit, that those things which seem good unto the Holy Ghost may also 
seem good unto us. Let brotherly love Continue, and in lowliness of mind let 
each esteem other better than themselves ; save us from all uncharitable judg- 
ing and rash speaking. Let the peace of Gcd rule in our hearts, and the law of 
kindness dwell upon our lips ; and of Thy great mercy vouchsafe, we beseech 
Thee, so to direct, sanctify, and govern us in all our doings, by the indwelling 
of Thy good Spirit, that the glorious Gospel of Christ may be truly preached, 
devoutly received, and heartily obeyed, in all places, to the breaking down of 
the kingdom of sin and Satan ; till at length the whole flock of Thy dispersed 
sheep being gathered into Thy fold, under the one Bishop and Shepherd of our 
souls, shall become partakers of everlasting life, through the merits and 
mediation of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord ; to Him be glory in the 
Church, Avorld without end. Amen. 

FROM THE PRAYER OF BALTHAZAR LYDIUS.* 

\X/ E are met, Lord, in Thy Name, to inquire the law from Thy mouth, 
* * and seek those things which make for the peace of Jerusalem ; and 
since all our profiting depends on Thy blessing, fulfil to us, we do beseech 
Thee, Thy gracious promise, that where two or three of Thy disciples are 
gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them. Vouch- 
safe to preside over this Synod by Thy Spirit, the Spirit of truth and peace. 
Sanctify us in Thy truth. Purify and enlighten our minds, that we may truly 



* From the Prayer of Balthazar Lyclius, at the opening of the Synod of Dort, 13th November, 1618. 



PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 45 

understand, and devoutly handle, Thy holy word. Suffer us not, Lord, to 
deceive any man by the Scriptures, nor let us ourselves be deceived ; but grant 
that, seeking the truth sincerely, we may find it, and having found it, may hold 
it fast with a steady faith. Oh that we may all praise Thee, with one mouth 
and one mind, and that there may be no divisions among us ; and help us at 
the same time to remember that the contention which unites us to God, is 
better than the peace which separates us from Him. Bring back into the right 
way any that have erred and been deceived; and may the peace of God which 
passeth all understanding keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love 
of the truth ; and may the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Ghost, be upon us, and abide with us henceforth and evermore, world 
without end. Amen. 



PRAYER FOR TIMELY REPENTANCE. 



34 



ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who hast compassion on all Thy 
. creatures, and hatest nothing which Thou hast made, forgiving the 
transgressions of such as heartily turn to Thee, grant us grace we do beseech 
Thee, that by a timely forsaking of our sins we may prevent Thy justice, lest 
being taken away by a sudden death, we find no place for repentance ; grant 
this, Thou lover of men, for the sake of our only mediator and advocate, 
Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen. 



PRAYER OF THE PENITENT. 



35 



A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who hast compassion on all men 
JL\. and hatest nothing which Thou hast made, who didst look upon the 
repentance of the men of Nineveh, and turn from Thy just anger against them, 
deign to regard our prayers which we now humbly offer before Thee. Our 
offences have been multiplied against Thee, Lord; our iniquities testify 
against us, and we have no cloak for our sins. But Thou, Lord, have mercy 
upon us, miserable offenders ; spare Thy people which Thou hast redeemed with 
Thy precious blood ; grant us a hearty repentance, that sowing in tears we 
may reap in joy, and find Thee not an avenging Judge but a gracious Father, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

PRAYER OF ST. BASIL. 36 

OLORD God, Father Almighty, whose compassions are infinite, and who 
rememberesfc mercy for all them that call upon Thee in truth, look 
graciously on us, Thy servants, who now bow down before Thee. Sanctify us 
by Thy Holy Spirit, and let the angel of Thy peace enlighten, guide and defend 
us ; cause us to know Thy merciful loving-kindness, both now and evermore ; 
help us to pass this day, and all our days, in Thy love and fear, that so walking 
with Thee on earth, we may at last attain to everlasting rest and blessedness 
with Thee above, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



46 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

A GENERAL PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. 37 

/ y LORD our God, whose power is infinite, whose compassions are without 
^^ bound, look in mercy upon us who now worship before Thee, and upon 
Thy whole people ; that by Thy favor we may enjoy peace and tranquillity, a 
well ordered government, fruitful seasons, and a healthful atmosphere; that 
Thou wouldst grant to all Thy servants the bishops, elders, and deacons of Thy 
Church, the indwelling and guidance of Thy Holy Spirit, that so they may 
make full proof of their ministry, and that Thou wouldst shortly tread down 
Satan under our feet ; hear us, we beseech Thee, for Christ our Redeemer's 
sake. Amen. 

COLLECT FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 38 

Y 1 GOD, whom it becomes us to serve at all times, and to worship without 
^-^ ceasing, help, we beseech Thee, our infirmities, through the power of Thy 
Holy Spirit, that so, if at other times our minds have been drawn away from 
Thee by worldly cares, we may at least on this Thy holy day, and in these Thy 
courts, worship Thee without distraction, in the beauty of holiness, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

PRAYER FOR CHRIST'S FLOCK. 39 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, who hast not only vouchsafed Thyself 
to be our Shepherd, so that we should not want, but hast also given Thy 
dear Son to be the Bishop and Shepherd of our souls, grant that we may not 
be, like wild and untamed creatures, disobedient to His voice, but following 
where He leads, and guarded by His watchful care, may -abide in Him all the 
days of our life, till He Himself leads us at length to the green pastures and 
still waters of Thy heavenly paradise ; to Him be honor and glory everlasting. 
Amen. 



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A PRAYER FOR PERSEVERANCE. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, to whom all hearts are open, from 
whom no secrets are hid, we confess before Thee that we are prone even 
in this day of our merciful visitation, to that same pride and stubbornness 
which Thou didst rebuke and punish in Thine ancient people. Save us, we 
beseech Thee, from our sins, and from Thy just and deserved wrath; save us 
from all hardness of heart and contempt of Thy word and commandments ; and 
give us grace so earnestly to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on 
eternal life, that we may at last partake of that triumph which is reserved for 
us in heaven, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 47 

A PRAYER OF JOHN CALVIN. 41 

OMOST merciful God and Father, who dost vouchsafe to build Thy 
spiritual temple among us, not with wood and stone, but with the edify- 
ing of the Holy Ghost, who abideth in those that believe, grant, we heartily 
beseech Thee, that we may not be left, under the power of any temptation, to 
defile that temple by our sins, but yielding ourselves to God as dear children, 
may continually glorify Thee by holy obedience, till we come to behold as with 
open face Thy glory, which we now only see reflected in Thy word, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

PRAYER FOR PARDON. 42 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who art wroth in order that 
Thou mayest pardon, and dost threaten so that Thou mayest spare, and 
who desirest not the death of the sinner, but the putting nway of his sin, help 
us so heartily to turn away from all our iniquities, that Thy merciful loving- 
kindness may prevent us, and our sorrow be turned into praise, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR THE TEMPTED. 



43 



OGOD, who art the support of the weak, and the lifter up of those that 
fall, mercifully hear our prayer, and by Thy present help enable us to 
staiul in the hour of temptation, that as Jesus our Lord gloriously triumphed 
over the evil one, we also may fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on 
everlasting life, through the power of Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee 
and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR GRACE. 44 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than 
u - ±- we to pray, and art wont to give more than we either desire or deserve, 
pour out, we pray Thee, Thy compassions upon us, forgiving us those things 
of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are 
unworthy to ask, only through the merits and mediation of Thy dear Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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AGAINST SECRET FAULTS. 

\ LMIGHTY and everlasting God, through whom alone those things 
^--*- began to be which before were not, and that which was unseen 
came forth to sight, purify by Thy blessed Spirit, the thoughts of our 
hearts, and cleanse us from all secret faults, lest hiding our sins now, they 



48 P% A YERS AND COLLECTS. 

be brought forth to our confusion at the revelation of the righteous judg- 
ment of God, but rather confessing and forsaking them, may we find Thy 
mercy, both now and in the day of judgment, through Jesus Christ our Lord 
and Saviour. Amen. 

A PRAYER OR PSALM MADE BY THE LORD BACON, 
CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND. 

OMOST gracious Lord God, merciful Father, who searchest the depths 
and secrets of all hearts, and in whose sight every creature is mani- 
fest, we confess before Thee that thousands have been our sins, and ten 
thousands our transgressions ; we are debtors to Thee for Thy broken law and 
for all the gifts and graces Thou hast conferred upon us ; we have been at the 
best but unprofitable servants, and can only fall down before Thy face and say, 
God be merciful to us sinners; but Thou, Lord, whose compassions are 
infinite, spare us who confess our faults ; make clean our hearts within us, 
and take not Thy Holy Spirit from us ; and grant that henceforth we may lead 
a godly, sober, and Christian life, to the glory of Thy holy Name ; grant this, 
Lord, for the love of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. 



PRAYER FOR THE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. 



46 



O GRACIOUS Lord, who hast promised to be with Thy Church even unto 
the end of the world, and hast declared that the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it, strengthen Thy servants, the bishops and elders of Thy 
Church, for the work to which they are called ; and what is lacking in them 
through infirmity of mind or body, do Thou freely supply from the abundance 
of Thy grace, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of man ; 
grant this, Lord, for the love of Thine only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. 



4? 



A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst form man at first in Thine 
-Q- image, after Thine own likeness, and set him in Thy paradise, and 
crown him with all needed good, grant, we beseech Thee, that seeing we have 
fallen from Thy favor and from our first estate of holiness by transgression, we 
may be mercifully restored to a safer and a higher blessedness, through the grace 
and love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 



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FOR ALL NEEDED GOOD. 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who knowest the wants of Thy 
servants, and art more ready to bestow all needed good upon them that 
ask, than earthly parents to give good things to their children, help us in such 



PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 49 

simplicity of mind to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, that 
Thou shalt, with this also, freely give us all things through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AFFLICTIONS. 49 

O ALMIGHTY and eternal God, who dost chasten us for our profit that 
we may be partakers of Thy holiness, and dost punish in order that 
Thou mayest spare, grant that Thy corrections, though grievous for the 
present, may afterwards yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 



50 



O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who wast pleased by the bright shining 
of a star to guide the wise men from the East to worship Him who was 
born King of the Jews, grant, we beseech Thee, that through the teachings of 
Thy word and the work of Thy divine and blessed spirit, the day-star may arise 
in our hearts, till we also are led to pay our offerings of love and devotion to 
the same incarnate Kedeemer, to the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 

FOH DIVINE GRACE. 51 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who art the Saviour of all men, 
and especially of them that believe, rule Thy people, we beseech Thee, 
in mercy, and enrich them with the gifts of Thy grace, that so their hearts 
being enlarged, they may run in the way of Thy commandments, and at the 
end obtain everlasting life, through the merits and mediation of Thy dear Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF TRIALS. 52 

(~\ GOD, who dost vouchsafe in Thy love and kindness towards man to 
^-^ minister to us in this our earthly pilgrimage all those things which per- 
tain to life and salvation, lead us, we beseech Thee, through all the trials and 
perils of this life, so that at last we shall see the light of the life to come, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



PRAYER FOR THE PENITENT. 



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r\ ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, whose compassions are without 
^-^ bound, and who desirest not the death of the sinner, but rather that he 
should turn and live, look in pity on us Thy servants who humble ourselves 
before Thee with sorrow and tears for our sins ; and let Thy merciful loving- 
kindness so prevent us that even while we mourn we shall be comforted, and so 
soon as we knock the door of Thy compassion shall be opened, that our sorrow 
may be turned into, joy, and our mouth be filled with Thy praise all the day 
long, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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50 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS. 54 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast not wholly cast away thine 
ancient people which Thou didst choose, but hast mercies yet in store 
for the seed of Jacob, grant, we beseech Thee, that the blindness which hath 
happened to them may speedily be removed, and the veil taken from their 
hearts, that so with the ingathering of the Gentiles all Israel may be saved, to 
the glory of Thine omnipotent grace, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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PRAYER FOR ALL NEEDED GOOD. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who while Thou hatest nothing 
that Thou hast made, dost delight Thyself most especially in Thine 
elect servants who do Thy will, grant, we beseech Thee, that all Thy believing 
people being delivered from the fear of every adversary, and rejoicing always in 
Thy gracious protection, may obtain whatever is needful for the life that now 
is, and at length may partake of everlasting life and blessedness at Thy right 
hand, through Jesus Christ Thy dear Son, our Lord. Amen. 



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THANKSGIVING FOR REGENERATING GRACE. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art glorious in holiness, and 
JljL. wonderful in working, we adore Thee not only as the author of the 
heavens and the earth, and of all things visible and invisible, but also of that 
new creation by which thou dost form us again after Thine own image, and 
make us afresh in Christ Jesus, to the glory of Thy grace in Thy beloved Son, 
to whom with Thee and the Holy Spirit be all praise and honor, world without 
end. Amen. 

FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 57 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we heartily beseech Thee that the 
promise which Thou didst make unto the fathers Thou wilt fulfil unto 
us their children, that the kingdom of Thy dear Son shall be set up in every 
land, and that the darkness which covers the people being removed, the light of 
Thy glorious gospel may shine unto the uttermost parts of the earth, for the 
sake of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FOR EASTER SUNDAY. 



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OGOD, who by the glorious resurrection of Thy dear Son from the grave 
hast opened for us a new and living way into the holiest of all, grant, we 
beseech Thee, that we also, being raised from death in sin by the power of 
Thine almighty Spirit, may henceforth walk before Thee in newness of life, and 
at length attain to everlasting blessedness with Thee, through the power and 
grace of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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NON-CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD, 



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O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who hast warned us by the mouth 
of Thy servant the Apostle, that Christ hath no concord with Belial, and 
that we cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devils, give to Thy 
servants grace so to keep themselves unspotted from the world, and so to walk 
in newness of life, that they shall shine as lights in the world to the admonition 
and salvation of men, and the glory of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



FOR THE SAME. 



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O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, grant, we beseech Thee, that 
Thy holy law may be so engraven on our hearts, and so expressed in 
our daily conversation, that being kept from the profane vanities of this 
world our life may agree with the gospel we profess, to the praise and glory of 
Thy great Name, and the salvation of sinners, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



FOR THE SAME. 



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OMOST merciful God, whose word of promise is sure, and whose compas- 
sions never fail, be pleased so to guide and feed Thy people and multiply 
in them the gifts of Thy grace, that, being kept from all pollutions of this 
world, they may receive all needful help for this present time, and be made 
meet to be partakers of the saints in light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

FOR THE GRACE OF PERSEVERANCE. 62 

OGOD, through whose eternal purpose and grace, Jesus Christ our Pass- 
over was sacrificed for us, hear our prayers which we offer through His 
intercessions who is our great High Priest and Advocate with Thee; and 
grant that, being reconciled through the body of His flesh, we may find grace 
to walk in newness of life as dear children, to the glory of Thy holy Name. 
Amen. 



FOR THE SAME. 



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OGOD, by whose blessed Spirit the whole body of Thine elect people is 
inhabited and built up to an holy temple in the Lord, preserve us, 
we beseech Thee, in the grace of sanctification, that being wholly renewed in 
the temper of our minds, and having fervent charity among ourselves, we 
may attain to the perfection of Thy saints, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



52 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BAPTISM. 64 

OGOD, who hast declared through the mouth of Thy dear Son that unless 
a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the king- 
dom of heaven, increase in Thy regenerate servants, we beseech Thee, the 
gifts of Thy grace, that having already received the forgiveness of sins, they 
may also obtain strength to persevere in holiness unto the end, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOR A SANCTIFIED REMEMBRANCE. 65 

O ALMIGHTY and eternal God, to whom there is no memory of things 
past nor looking forward to things to come, grant, we beseech Thee, that 
what we remember of past experiences and lessons may be so deeply graven on 
our minds, that the fruit thereof shall appear in our lives, to our better sanctifi- 
cation, and the glory of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

FOR CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND VIRTUE. 66 

OGOD, who dost send forth Thy light and Thy truth to guide the erring 
in the way of peace, grant, we beseech Thee, to all who profess and call 
themselves Christians, that shunning those paths which lead astray from Thee, 
and earnestly running in the way of Thy commandments, they may all at 
length attain to the full knowledge and fruition of Thyself, through the merits 
and mediation of Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord. Amen. 

FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY. 67 

C\ GOD, who dost incline the hearts of all Thy true people that they should 
^~s mind the same things and be at peace among themselves, grant, we 
beseech Thee, that we may so love what Thou commandest, and so desire 
what Thou dost promise, that amid the sundry and manifold changes of this 
world, our hearts may remain fixed, resting in Thee, till we attain at length 
to Thy presence where is fulness of joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

FOR PREVENIENT GRACE. 68 

|) GOD, from whom all good gifts do proceed, and by whom alone it is that 

^^ we are able to will or to do aught that is well pleasing in Thy sight, 

grant, we do beseech Thee, that by the illumination of Thy Holy Spirit, we 

may both desire what is right, and by Thy strength working in us, be enabled 

to obtain the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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FOR GRACE TO HELP. 69 

OGrOD, who art the saving health of all who put their trust in Thee, 
graciously incline Thine ear to our prayers, and since without Thee we 
cm do nothing, work in us by Thy Spirit, that so we may both desire those 
tilings which Thou dost approve, and by Thy favor attain unto the same, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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ON THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.' 

O ALMIGHTY and most glorious Lord, who, as on this day, didst go up 
into heaven in the sight of Thy disciples, grant us, we beseech Thee, 
Thy grace and compassion, that so, according to Thy promise, Thou Thyself 
still abiding here with us on earth, we may hereafter be with Thee in those 
mansions Thou hast prepared for Thy people, in Thy paradise, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BAPTISM. 71 

OALMIG-HTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hast 
graciously vouchsafed to us the washing of regeneration and the re- 
newing of the Holy Ghost, and dost with Him also grant us full forgive- 
ness of sins, send down now into our hearts, we beseech Thee, the Comforter 
Thou didst promise: give to us, Thy servants, the spirit of knowledge and of 
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of love and of a sound 
mind, and write Thy new Name upon us as the sure pledge of everlasting 
life, through Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of 
the Spirit, one God, world without end. , Amen. 



FOR THE NEW CREATION. 



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O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, the Light of life, whose Divine Spirit 
moving on the face of the waters, brought order out of the midst of 
confusion, grant, we beseech Thee, that the same blessed Spirit, working in 
Thy Church, may be the author of a new creation, and from the darkness and 
disorder of sin, bring forth the light and beauty of holiness, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FOR UNION WITH CHRIST. 



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A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Holy Spirit Thy redeemed 

people are born again into the kingdom of heaven, grant, we beseech 

Thee, that we, by His Divine Power working in us, may be kept unto life 

eternal, that where He the Bishop and Shepherd of our souls is, there we His 

flock may also be, to the glory of Thine almighty grace in Him. Amen. 



54 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

FOR TRUE REPENTANCE. 74 

A LMIGHTY and eternal God, who delightest not in burnt-offerings, and 
JLJL, lovest mercy and obedience rather than sacrifice, grant unto us Thy 
servants that penitent and contrite mind by which our prayers, offered in faith 
in Thy gracious promises, shall come up acceptably before Thee, through the 
merits and mediation of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

AGAINST FALSE PHILOSOPHY. 75 

OLORD, who art the guardian and keeper of those that put their trust in 
Thee, preserve Thy Church from that philosophy and vain deceit by 
which men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning the faith, would turn 
away our souls from Thee ; and help us, we beseech Thee, so to hold fast the 
simplicity of the Gospel, that we may at last receive the end of our faith, even 
the salvation of our souls, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



AGAINST FALSE SCIENCE. 



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OGOD, who hast been pleased to submit to our inquiry not only the 
volume of Thy word, but the volume of Thy works, grant, we pray 
Thee, that we may so devoutly study what Thou hast revealed, that being kept 
from all pride of human knowledge and oppositions of science falsely so-called, 
we may adore Thee who art great in power and wonderful in working, and 
where we cannot comprehend may trust and love, till we attain by Thy grace 
to that clearer light in which we shall know even as we are known, through 
Jesus Christ, to whom with Thee, Father, and the Holy Spirit, one God, be 
all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 

PRAYER FOR SUCH AS ERR FROM THE TRUTH. 77 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who of old didst deliver Thy 
Church from the poison of noxious error, and bring her back to the 
simplicity and unity of the Christian faith, pour out, we beseech Thee, upon all 
such as are entangled by the deceitfulness of error, the healthful spirit of Thy 
grace, that they may all come to the knowledge and acknowledgment of the 
truth and the comfortable hope of eternal fife, through Jesus Christ, to whom 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, be all honor and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 

ON THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 78 

OGOD, who through the preaching of Thy blessed Apostle Paul, hast 
caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world, grant, 
we beseech Thee, that we having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, 
may show forth our thankfulness unto Thee for the same, by also fighting a 



PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 55 

good fight, keeping the faith, and finishing our course with joy, so that we 
may attain that heavenly crown which is laid up for all Thy faithful servants, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

JOHN THE BAPTIST. 79 

O ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John the Baptist 
was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way for Thy dear Son our 
Saviour by the preaching of repentance, help us so to follow his doctrine and 
holy life, that we also, heartily renouncing and forsaking all our sins, and look- 
ing for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, may share in the glory of His 
kingdom, to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 



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ST. PETER. 

O ALMIGHTY God, who by Thy Son didst give to Thine Apostle Peter 
many excellent gifts, and didst earnestly command him to feed Thy 
flock, cause, we beseech Thee, all our bishops and pastors so faithfully to preach 
Thy word, and Thy people so diligently to follow the same, that they may 
receive the crown of everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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ST. MATTHEW. 

O ALMIGHTY God, who by Thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from 
the receipt of custom to be an apostle and evangelist, grant us grace to 
forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of worldly things, and to follow 
the same Thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the 
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 



FOR ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN. 



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O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who hast made of one blood all 
nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and who hast bound 
us in the sympathies of the Gospel to the love of all human kind, hear, we 
beseech Thee, our prayer for our brethren, the common offspring of God in all 
lands, whose miseries we compassionate ; for the heathen perishing without the 
knowledge of God, for the blinded followers of the false prophet, for the ancient 
churches fallen into superstition and decay, for the ignorant, the suffering and 
the oppressed everywhere, and grant us grace that, so far as in us lies, we may 
minister to their relief, remembering Him who though He was rich, for our 
sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich ; to whom 
for His love and kindness towards man, be all honor, praise, and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 



56 PRAYERS AND COLLECTS. 

FOR ALL AFFLICTED PERSONS. 83 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who knowest the necessities of this our 
mortal life, and the manifold temptations by which we are here visited, 
vouchsafe Thy mercy, we do beseech Thee, upon all men in the fears and 
sorrows of their common experience ; upon such as are sick and languishing, 
upon the aged and helpless, upon those who stand idle all the day because no 
man hath hired them, while their children cry for bread; upon those who are 
in great fears and perplexities as respects their worldly estate ; upon such as 
are in spiritual darkness and well nigh despair of Thy mercy ; upon those 
whose reason wavers under the assault of disease or trouble; on those who 
know the heart of a stranger in a strange land ; on such as are in peril traveling 
on land or voyaging by sea ; on those that suffer bonds and imprisonment being 
innocent ; most merciful God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast made, 
have compassion on all such, granting them patience, courage, submission, or 
hope, according to their several needs, and a happy issue out of all their 
troubles; that each, in his own condition, may praise the Lord* who is good, 
and whose mercy endureth for ever ; and that all, through the discipline of this 
earthly life, may be made meet for the inheritance of the saints in life everlast- 
ing, through the love and compassion of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



MARY MAGDALENE. 



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OMOST gracious and compassionate Kedeemer, who didst freely pardon 
the many sins of her who loved much, washing Thy sacred feet with 
her tears, give us grace so heartily to repent of our sins, and with such grateful 
love to cling to Thee, that we in like manner may obtain Thy mercy, and have 
the assurance of our free forgiveness, to the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 

A PRAYER OF ARCHBISHOP CRANMER, FOR A 
CHARITABLE COLLECTION. 

OMOST merciful God and Father, who of Thy bounty dost freely bestow 
upon us all those things that are necessary to the body, and to many dost 
give beyond what their own vocation and degree requireth, that they may be 
good stewards to distribute to them that have need, give Thy grace to us that 
we may not have too much, care and solicitude for these transitory and 
unstable things, but that our hearts may be fixed in things which be 
eternal, and in Thy kingdom, which is everlasting ; and grant that all we 
which hear Thy word, may be so fed therewith, that not only may we out- 
wardly receive the same, but may be nourished in all goodness, to our own 
edifying and the glory of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



PR A VERS AND COLLECTS. 57 

FOR FULL FORGIVENESS. A PRAYER OF 
THOMAS CRANMER. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, we wretched sinners acknowl- 
edging and confessing to Thee the great and manifold sins of which 
our conscience doth continually accuse us, do betake us to Thy mercy, 
having none other refuge, through the blood of Thy dear Son our Saviour ; 
judge us not after the accusations of our own hearts, nor of Satan our 
adversary ; but like as we heartily forgive them which trespass against us, 
forgive us our transgressions by which we have not ceased to offend Thee 
from our youth up: and so deliver us from the power and cleanse us 
from the foulness of our sins, that we may appear at length perfect and 
blameless in Thy sight, only through the perfect righteousness of Thy dear 
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord ; to Him, with Thee, Father, and the eternal 
Spirit, be all praise and glory, both now and evermore. Amen. 



ORDER FOR THE 

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The child being presented by its parents or guardians, the Minister shall say : 

GRACE be unto you, and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

DEARLY beloved in the Lord : Our Lord Jesus Christ, before He went up 
into heaven, spake unto His disciples, saying, AH power is given unto 
Me in heaven and in earth ; Go ye therefore into all the world, and preach the 
Gospel unto every creature, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost. Also He testified His love for children when He 
said, Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of 
such is the kingdom of heaven. 

Encouraged by these comfortable words of our blessed Saviour, you bring 
this your child before God and His Church, that it may receive the rite of holy 
baptism. 

For ye know that every child that naturally is engendered of the offspring 
of Adam, is by nature a child of wrath, and an heir of all evil ; for by man, as 
saith the Apostle Paul, is sin entered into the world and death by sin, and so 
death hath passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. But where sin 
abounded, grace hath much more abounded ; and the love of God which 
bringeth salvation, hath appeared unto us in Christ Jesus, who hath abolished 
death and brought life and immortality to light by His Gospel. 

Moreover for an assurance and pledge of our part in His great salvation, He 
has given us the water of baptism, as the sign of that true inward washing of 
regeneration, which we receive through the renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Therefore let our souls magnify the Lord, and let our spirits rejoice in God 
our Saviour ; for He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad ; and 
His mercy, on them that fear Him, is from generation to generation, as He 
spake to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever. 

Therefore with joy and confidence do we bring our children before Him, 
that they also may be born of water and the Spirit, and be sealed as members of 



INFANT BAPTISM. 59 

the visible Church of our Lord, and heirs of His spiritual and everlasting 
kingdom 

But that ye may well consider, dearly beloved, how solemn is this act, and 
how serious are the duties involved in it, I ask you — 

1st. Do you acknowledge that this child which you here present for baptism 
is by nature unholy as a child of the apostasy, and unless it be sanctified by 
water and the Spirit, it cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven ? 

2d. Do you earnestly desire and pray that this water, now to be so applied, 
may be to this child a sign of the true cleansing and sanctification of the 
Holy Ghost? 

3d. Do you solemnly promise to educate this child as a Christian child, to 
teach it to read God's holy word, to pray and to hate sin, and will you bring it 
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord ? 

LET US PRAY. 

^\ ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hast given to this child life 

^S and being, and hast appointed its place in the household of Thy believing 

servants, we here commend rt to Thy gracious protection, beseeching thee to be 

its ever-present shield and keeper, and so to guide it amid all the perils of this 

life, that it shall not fail of life eternal in Thy kingdom. 

(I MOST gracious Lord and Saviour, who hast loved this child and pur- 
^S chased it dearly with Thy precious blood, take it now into the arms of 
Thy compassion, we do beseech Thee, and let Thine atoning sacrifice avail for 
its complete redemption from the power of sin and death eternal. 

C\ DIVINE. Spirit of the Father and the Son, come down into the heart of 
this child, and prepare there for Thyself an abiding dwelling-place ; 
replenish it with Thy grace, sanctify it and keep it always in the faith of Thy 
holy Church, and strengthen and perfect it in life and in death, for Thy ever- 
lasting glory. Amen. 

Then shall be said 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

(By Minister and Parents aloud.) 

/jUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy 
^S KINGDOM come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ; 

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS 
WE FORGIVE THEM THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US ; AND LEAD US NOT INTO 
TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL ; FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, 
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN. 



60 INFANT BAPTISM. 

DEARLY beloved, the faith in which this child is to be baptized, is the 
faith wherein we also stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of G-od ; 
the faith of the holy apostles, the white-robed martyrs, and the true Church of 
God throughout all ages ; therefore let us openly confess with the mouth, say- 
ing,— \The Minister and Parents aloud.] 

I BELIEVE ik God the Fathek Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
eaeth, and in jesus christ hls only son, our lord, who was 
conceived by the holy ghost, born oe the virgin mary, suffered 
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third 
day He rose from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at 
the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall 
come to judge the quick and the dead. i believe in the holy 
Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the For- 
giveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life Ever- 
lasting. Amen. 



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The Minister shall ask, 

S it your desire that the child you now present shall be baptized in this 

faith? Answer. — It is. 
What is the name of this child ? Answer. — M. or N. 



The Minister shall then sprinkle the child with water ; and laying his right hand on its fore- 
head, shall say, 

N., I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. [And shall add]— 

GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, send down upon Thee, N., the 
grace of His Holy Spirit, that thou mayest keep the faith, overcome the 
world, and finally inherit everlasting life. Amen. 



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HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 



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( jUR help is in the Name of the Lord which made the heavens and the 
earth ! Grace, ^mercy and peace, be multiplied unto you, from God the 
Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

jEAELY beloved, however the children of Christian parents must be 
baptized by virtue of the covenant, albeit they understand not this 
mystery, yet it is not lawful to baptize those who are come to years of dis- 
cretion, except they first be sensible of their sins, and make confession both of 
their repentance and of their faith in the Lord Jesus. 

For this cause Christ commanded His disciples to teach all nations, and then 
to baptize them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost ; adding this promise, He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. 

Since you then, N., are desirous of this holy sacrament, as a seal of your 
engrafting into the Church of God ; that it may appear that you do not only 
receive the Christian religion, of which you now make confession, but do, 
through the grace of God, intend and purpose to lead a life according to the 
same, you are sincerely to give answer before God and His Church : 

jOST thou believe m the one only true God, distinct in three Persons — 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; who hath made heaven, and earth, and 

all that in them is of nothing; and still maintains and governs them, insomuch 

that nothing comes to pass, either in heaven or on earth, without His Divine 

will? 

Ansiver. — I do. 

Dost thou acknowledge that thou art conceived and born in sin, and there- 
fore art a child of wrath, by nature wholly alienated from God, and prone to all 
evil ; and that thou hast frequently, both in thought, word, and deed, trans- 
gressed the commandments of the Lord ; and art thou heartily sorry for these 
sins? 

Answer. — I am. 



62 ADULT BAPTISM. 

Dost thou believe that Christ, who is the true and eternal God, and very 

Man, is given thee of God to be thy Saviour, and that thou dost receive by this 

vfaith remission of sins in His blood ; and that thou art made by the power of 

Jthe Holy Ghost a member of Jesus Christ, and of His Church ? Answer. — I do. 

Dost thou assent to all the articles of the Christian religion as they are here 
taught in this Christian Church, according to the word of God, and purpose to 
continue steadfast in the same to the end of thy life ? And also dost thou 
reject all heresies and schisms repugnant to this doctrine, and promise to per- 
severe in the communion of the Christian Church not only in the hearing of 
the word, but also in the use of the Lord's Supper ? Ansiver. — I do. 

Hast thou taken a firm resolution always to lead a Christian life ; to forsake 
the world and its evil lusts, as becometh the members of Christ and of His 
Church, and to submit thyself to all Christian admonitions? Ansioer. — I have. 

The good and gracious God mercifully grant His grace and blessing to this 
thy purpose through Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall baptize the candidate, saying — 

I BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy G-host. Amen. 

And shall add this benediction, 

THE Lord bless thee and keep thee ; the Lord cause His face to shine upon 
thee and be merciful to thee ; the Lord lift up the light of His coun- 
tenance upon thee and give thee peace, henceforth and evermore. Amen. 

LET US PRAY. 

WE yield Thee hearty praise and thanks, most merciful Father, that it 
hath pleased Thee to deliver this Thy servant, as we humbly trust, 
from the power of darkness, and to engraft him into Thy holy Church, to be a 
partaker of all the precious benefits purchased by the blood of Thy dear Son ; 
and we beseech Thee, that being thus joined to Christ, the true Vine, he may 
evermore abide in Him, and drawing from His fulness, may always bring forth 
much fruit, to the glory of Thy holy Name Strengthen Him, we do beseech 
Thee, by the perpetual indwelling of Thy Holy Spirit, the Comforter, that he 
may henceforth walk in newness of life, as becometh an heir of the grace of 
life everlasting. Guard him from all heresy and schism, from apostasy and 
unbelief. Feed him with Thine own body and blood, most gracious Saviour, 
and lead him as a sheep of Thy pasture into the green pastures and beside the 
still waters of Thy divine and heavenly consolations. May he continue stead- 
fast unto the end, that his portion may be with Thy saints at the second and 
glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And now unto the 
King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, our Saviour, be all glory 
in the Church, world without end. Amen. 



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DEARLY beloved, you present yourselves in the presence of God and of 
these Christian people, to enter religiously into the most sacred and 
indissoluble of all human relations. The joining together of one man and one 
woman in marriage was ordained of God at the beginning, and is for ever 
re-enacted by the providence of God in each generation ; also it is expressly 
re-enacted and sanctioned by the teaching of our Divine Eedeemer. " There- 
fore" He said, " shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave unto his 
ivife." 

Other human relations may be outgrown, or may be terminated at discre- 
tion; only the hand of death can lawfully dissolve this. Profane human 
legislation, striking at the foundations of social morality, provides for reckless 
and capricious divorce. Christ said, What God hath joined together, let not man 
put asunder. 

United as you two now are in mutual love and confidence, the forming of 
this sacred and irrepealable tie is what you most desire ; and that it may still 
be sacred and irrepealable in your eyes, when early enthusiasm has passed away, 
and when fancy or sense might tempt the heart to wander, you have come to 
seal your vows in the presence of God and of His witnesses. 

And therefore I here require of you, and of these present, if ye know of 
any lawful ban or impediment, wiry, according to the laws of God and of the 
State, this marriage may not proceed, that ye here make it known. 
If no objection be made, the Minister shall say to the man, 

DOST thou, M., desire to have this woman to thy wedded wife ? 
Answer. — I do. 

Wilt thou love her, honor her, comfort and cherish her, and forsaking all 
others, keep thee only to her, so long as ye both shall live ? 
Answer. — I will. 

Then addressing the woman, the Minister shall say, 

ART thou, N., willing to have this man to thy wedded husband ? 
Answer. — I am. 



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Wilt thou live with him according to God's holy ordinance ? Wilt thou 
love, honor, and cherish him, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, 
keep thee to him alone, so long as ye both shall live ? 

Answer. — I will. 

You will join your right hands and say after me, 

M., DO TAKE THEE, N. , TO MY LAWFUL AND MARRIED WIFE; TO LOVE, 
-Lj TO HONOR, AND TO CHERISH, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, TILL 
DEATH DO US PART, AND THERETO [WITH THIS RING] I PLIGHT THEE MY 
TROTH. * 

IN, DO TAKE THEE, M. , TO MY LAWFUL AND MARRIED HUSBAND; TO 
5 HAVE AND TO HOLD ; TO LOVE, HONOR, AND CHERISH, IN SICKNESS 
AND IN HEALTH, TILL DEATH DO US PART, ACCORDING TO GOD'S HOLY ORDI- 
NANCE, AND THERETO [RECEIVING THIS RING] I PLIGHT THEE MY TROTH. 

DEAKLY beloved, forasmuch as M. and N. have consented together in 
holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this com- 
pany, and thereto have given and pledged their troth, each to the other [by 
word and by symbol], I pronounce them husband and wife ; in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



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E"D whom God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 



LET US PRAY. 
{The newly married persons kneeling.) 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, our Creator and Eedeemer, our 
Benefactor, and final Judge ; the Father of our spirits, the former of our 
bodies, and the giver of all good, regard with Thy favor, we heartily beseech 
Thee, these Thy servants, now by Thine authority, of twain made one. We 
commend them to Thy Fatherly protection ; to the care of Thy providence, to 
the guidance of Thy good Spirit. Hand in hand they begin this pilgrimage ; 
hand in hand may they walk to the end, with unabated love, trust, and tender- 
ness. Go Thou forth with them along the new and untried way they have to 
walk, and lead them kindly to its close ; and honoring Thee here in this rela- 
tion, may they at length attain to that blessed state in which they shall be like 
unto the angels. And now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only 
wise God our Saviour, be honor and glory everlasting. Amen. 

* If the marriage service is performed without a ring, the words in brackets shall be omitted. Otherwise, 
at the words "with this ring," the minister holding the man's hand, shall guide it to place the ring on the 
fourth finger of the woman's left hand. 



MARRIAGE SERVICE. §& 

Then shall be said by all aloud 
THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
(The newly married couple still kneeling.) 

OUR Father which akt in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; 
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on eakth as it is in 
heaven; give us this day ouk daily bread, and forgive us our 
trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us ; and lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; for thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

THE Lord bless you and keep you ; the Lord make His face to shine 
upon you, and be gracious unto yon ; the Lord lift up the light 
of His countenance upon you and give you peace, henceforth and evermore. 
Amen. 



JFuneral g>erbue. 



THE SENTENCES. 

AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord ; he that believeth in Me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live again ; and whosoever liveth and 
believeth in Me, shall not die for ever. 

The hour cometh when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and 
shall come forth ; they that have done good to the resurrection of life, and 
they that have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. 

Now the Lord direct your hearts unto the love of God, and into the patient 
waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and hath brought 
life and immortality to light through His Gospel. 

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the 
voice of the archangel and the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise 
first ; it is a faithful saying if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with 
Him ; for we know whom we have believed, and are persuaded that He is able 
to keep that which we have committed unto Him against that day. 

LET US PRAY. 

f J ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who pitiest them that fear Thee 
as a father pitieth his children, who knowest our frame and rememberest 
that we are dust, and who dost not willingly grieve nor afflict the children of 
men, look upon us now, we do beseech Thee, in Thy great compassion ; for we 
are astonished, Lord, and tremble at Thy rebuke ; speak comfortably to Thy 
servants, most gracious God, and help us to humble ourselves under Thy 
mighty hand, that Thou may est lift us up. spare us that we may recover 
strength, before we also go hence, and be no more. Amen. 

THE PSALM. 

HE Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want; He maketh me to lie down in 

green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters ; 
He restoreth my soul, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness for His 
Name's sake ; yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I 



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will fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort 
me ; 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

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AND now, Lord, what wait I for ? My hope is in Thee ; 
Deliver me from all my transgressions ; make me not the reproach of 
the foolish ; 

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it ; 

Remove Thy stroke away from me, for I am consumed by the blow of Thine 
hand. 

Hear my prayer, Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not Thy peace 
at my tears ; for I am a stranger with Thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers 
were; 

spare me that I may recover strength, before I go hence and be no more. 

, LET US PRAY. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who hast so loved the world as 
to give Thine only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him 
should not perish but have everlasting life, help us so heartily to trust Thy 
gracious promises, with a true and unfeigned repentance for all our sins, that 
we may obtain Thy mercy both now and in the day of judgment, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

{To be recited by the Minister and People responsibly.) 



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E praise Thee, God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting ; 
To Thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein ; 
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, 
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, 
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory ; 
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee ; 
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets "praise Thee ; 
The white-robed army of the Martyrs praise Thee ; 
The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee, 
The Father of an infinite majesty, 
Thine adorable, true, and only Son, 
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; 



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Thou art the King of Glory, Christ ; 

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father ; 

When Thou tookest upon Tliee to deliver man, Thou didst humble Thyself to 
be born of a virgin ; 

When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou didst open the 
kingdom of heaven to all believers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father ; 

We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge. 

We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed ivith 
Thy precious blood. 

Make them to be numbered with Thy saints in glory everlasting. 

Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage; 

Govern them, and lift them up forever ; 

Lord, have mercy upon us ; have mercy upon us ; 

Lord, in Thee have I trusted ; let me never be confounded. 

I. Thess. IV. 13-18. 

T3 ITT I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are 
-*— " asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope ; 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which 
sleep in Jesus will G-od bring with Him ; 

For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive 
and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them which are 
asleep ; 

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the 
voice of the archangel and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ 
shall rise first ; 

Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them 
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the 
Lord ; 

Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

LET US PRAY. 

OGOD, with whom do live the souls of all Thy faithful servants who have 
passed through death unto the life of Thine eternal kingdom, grant that 
we also, being made partakers of the like precious faith, and finishing our 
course with joy, may be joined with them in Thy paradise, and drink of the 
river of Thy pleasures for evermore, through the merits and mediation of Thy 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

ADDRESS, if any. 
Then, if it is convenient and desired, shall a hymn be sung. 



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PRAYER. 

A LMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence 
■"*--*- in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are 
delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity, we give Thee 
hearty thanks for the good examples of all those Thy servants who, having 
finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors ; and we beseech 
Thee that we, with all who are departed in the true faith of Thy holy Name, 
may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in Thine 
eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we give Thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for all Thy servants whom it hath pleased Thee to deliver 
from the miseries of this wretched world, from sin and from all evil, and to 
bring their souls into a sure place of rest and consolation. Grant, we do be- 
seech Thee, that at the day of judgment we, with all Thine elect departed out 
of this life, may fully receive Thy promises, and be made altogether perfect, 
through the glorious resurrection and reigning of Thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. / 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
{By Minister and People.) 

|| UR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name ; Thy 

^^ KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN ; 
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS 
WE FORGIVE THEM THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US ; AND LEAD US NOT INTO 
TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL ; FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, 
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN. 

BENEDICTION. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you now and evermore. Amen. 

At the gra/oe the Minister shall say — 

F a man live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the 
days of darkness, for they shall be many ; 

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken ; or the 
pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern. 

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return 
to God who gave it. 



70 FUNERAL SERVICE. 

PRAYER. 

OMOST merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the 
resurrection and the life, in whom whosoever believeth shall live though 
he die, and whoso liveth and believeth in Him shall not die for ever, we humbly 
beseech Thee, Father, to raise us from the death of sin to the life of 
righteousness ; that when we shall depart this life, we may sleep in Him, and 
at the general resurrection in the last day, receiving once more our bodies, 
and rising again in Thy most gracious favor, may, with all Thine elect saints, 
obtain eternal blessedness. Grant this, Lord, for the sake of our Mediator 
and Advocate, Jesus Christ, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and 
reigneth, one God for ever. Amen. 

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God in His wise providence, to 
take out of the world this His servant now departed from among us, we 
therefore commit [his] soul to God's mercy, and [his] body to the ground, 
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, looking for the general resurrection 
of the dead at the last day and the life of the world to come for all true 
believers, through the power and grace of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY God, with whom all things are possible, who didst make 
man from the dust of the earth at first, and canst restore him again from 
dust and decay, let Thine eyes be upon this mortal body which we here commit 
to the ground, that being guarded by Thine infinite power, it may be kept till 
the resurrection of the last day, to be then raised in its own likeness, according 
to the working of Thy mighty power, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

O DEATH, where is thy sting ? grave, where is Thy victory ? The 
sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be 
unto God which giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

AND now may the God of Peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord 
- Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of 
the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do His will, 
working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, 
to whom be glory in the Church, world without end. Amen. 



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burial of a Cfniti- 



SORROW AND CONSOLATION. 

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is, 
J that I may know how frail I am. Behold Thou hast made my days as a 
handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before Thee. Lord, what is man 
that Thou takest knowledge of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest him ? 
Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Return, Lord, 
how long ! and let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants ; make us glad 
according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we 
have seen evil ; and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and 
establish Thou the works of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands 
establish Thou it. 

THE DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD. 

AND the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it 
. was very sick ; David therefore besought God for the child : and David 
fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth. 

And it came to pass that on the seventh day the child died ; and the ser- 
vants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, 
Behold, while the child was yet alive we spake unto him, and he would not 
hearken unto our voice; how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the 
child is dead ? 

And when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the 
child was dead; therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? 
And they said, He is dead. 

Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and 
changed his apparel, and came into the house of God, and worshipped ; then 
he came to his own house, and when he required it they set bread before him, 
and he did eat. 

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? 
Thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive, but when the child 
was dead thou didst arise and eat bread. 



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And he said, While the child was yet alive I fasted and wept, for I said, 
who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live ? But 
now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I 
shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 

SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. 

AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest 
- in the kingdom of heaven ? And Jesus called a little child unto Him 
and set him in the midst of them and said, Verily I say unto you, except ye be 
converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto 
you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father 
which is in heaven. 

And they brought unto Him little children that He should lay His hands 
on them and pray ; and the disciples rebuked them ; but when Jesus saw it He 
was greatly displeased, and said, Suffer the little children to come unto me ; for- 
bid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of heaven ; verily I say unto you, who- 
soever shall not receive the kingdom of heaven as a little child, he shall in no 
wise enter therein. And He took them in His arms and blessed them, laying 
His hands upon them. 

THE RESURRECTION. 

BUT now is Christ risen from the dead, and is become the first fruits of 
them that slept ; for since by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead ; for as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all 
be made alive. But every man in his own order ; Christ the first fruits, after- 
wards they that are Christ's at His coming. 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that sleep 
in Jesus, will Cod bring with Him. Wherefore comfort one another with 
these words. 

LET US PRAY. 

A LMICHTY God, our heavenly Father, who didst form man at first from 
-*--*- the dust of the earth, and didst breathe into his nostrils the breath of 
life, so that man became a living soul, it is by Thy just decree also that we 
return to the ground from which we were taken. For what is our life ? It is 
even as a vapor which endurefch for a time and then vanisheth away; but Thy 
mercy, Lord, is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Thee, 
and Thy righteousness unto children's children ; to such as keep Thy covenant, 
and to them that remember Thy commandments to do them. 



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O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who knowest our frame and 
rememberest that we are dust, and who dost not willingly grieve nor 
afflict the children of men, look upon Thy servants in this their great sorrow, 
we do humbly beseech Thee, and speak comfortably to the hearts that are 
wounded. Thou hast laid this burden upon them ; be thou also the God of 
their consolation. Help them to resign with humble trust and submission the 
blessing Thou didst lend them for a season. Say to them, It is well with the 
child. Let it also be well with them ; and may this affliction, so grievous to be 
borne in the present, afterwards work out for them the peaceable fruits of 
righteousness. Grant this, Lord, for the love of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

OMOST compassionate and loving Saviour, who when on earth didst 
gather the little children into Thine arms, and put Thy holy hands upon 
them and bless them, we commit to Thee this little child which our heavenly 
Father hath now taken away. Be Thou the tender Shepherd of this' lamb. 
Carry it in Thy bosom into the green pastures and beside the still waters of 
Thy paradise, among the happy company of the glorified children ; and at the 
last day restore it, a child, /to these yearning hearts, when the mystery of Thy 
providence shall be unveiled, and all tears shall be wiped from all faces. Hear 
us, God, for Jesus our dear Redeemer's sake, to whom with Thtee, Father, 
and the ever blessed Spirit, the Comforter, be all praise and glory, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

A Hymn may here be sung if desired. 
BENEDICTION. 



At the grave may be recited the following or some other 

SUITABLE HYMN. 

^X7lTH silence only as their benediction,- 
God's angels come, 
Where in the shadow of a great affliction 
The soul sits dumb. 

Yet would we say what every heart approveth, 

Our Father's will, 
Calling to Him the dear ones whom he loveth 

Is mercy still. 



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FOKASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty G-od in His wise providence 
to take out of this world of sorrow, and from all experience of sin 
and pain, this little child, we therefore commit its soul to Christ's love 
and its body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 
looking for the general resurrection, and the life of the world to come, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with Thee, Father, and the 
Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

NOW may the God of Peace, who brought again from the dead that 
great Shepherd of the sheep, even our Lord Jesus Christ, through 
the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work 
to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight, through 
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory in the Church now, henceforth, and world 
without end. Amen. 



JFor tbe Drtunatton of a ^tsjjop, 

AND HIS INSTALLATION AT THE SAME TIME AS PASTOR OF A 
CHURCH ; AND FOR THE ORDINATION OF EVANGELISTS. 



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After the preaching of a sermon and the other devotional services as required in the Form of 
Government, chapter xv. 12, the Clerk, or some other Presbyter appointed for the pu/rpose, 
shall say to the Presiding Bishop oi* Moderator : 

REVEREND Brother, I present to you this person here present (by name 
M. N.), that he may be ordained to the office of a Minister of the 
Gospel, according to God's word, by the laying on of the hands of the 
Presbytery. 

Tlie Presiding Bishop. — Have you diligently inquired into his soundness 
in doctrine and holiness of life, and are you certified of his meetness in respect 
to gifts and learning for this excellent work, as required in God's holy word ? 

Answer. — We have so inquired, and find him well qualified in all things for 
the work of the Ministry. 

Then the Presiding Bishop shaU say to the Candidate : 

DEARLY beloved in the Lord, you have heard, as well in your private 
examination as in the words hereinbefore spoken in this place, and in 
the holy lessons taken but of the Gospel [and the writings of the Apostles] of 
what dignity and of how great importance this office is whereunto you are 
called. And now again we exhort you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that you have in remembrance into how high a dignity and to how weighty an 
office you are called ; that is to say, to be a messenger, watchman, and steward 
of the Lord, to teach and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's 
family ; to seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for His 
children who are in the midst of this evil world, that they may be saved through 
Christ for ever. 

Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure 
is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ which He bought 
with His death, and for whom He shed His blood. The Church and congre- 
gation whom you must serve, is His spouse and His body ; and if it shall happen 
that the same Church, or any member thereof, do take any hurt or hindrance 



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by reason of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault, and also the 
dread account you must render. Wherefore consider with yourself the end of 
the ministry towards the children of God, towards the spouse and body of 
Christ, and see that you never cease your labor until you have done all that 
lieth in you to bring such as are committed to your charge unto that unity in 
the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness of age in Christ, that 
becometh the heirs of the grace of life. Consider, therefore, how studious you 
ought to be in reading and learning the Scriptures, and in framing the manners 
both of yourself and of them that specially pertain to you according to the rule 
of the same word ; and for this self-same cause how you ought to forsake and 
set aside, as much as ye may, all worldly cares and studies. 

We have good hope that you have well weighed these things with yourself 
before this time, and that you have clearly determined by God's grace, to give 
yourself wholly to this office whereunto it hath pleased God to call you ; so 
that as much as lieth in you, you will apply yourself wholly to this one thing, 
and draw all your cares and studies this, way; and that you will continually 
pray to God the Father, by the mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for 
the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost ; that you may daily wax riper and 
stronger in your ministry, and may be a wholesome and godly example and 
pattern for the people to follow. 

And now that this present congregation of Christ may also understand your 
mind and will in these things, and that this your promise may the more move 
you to do your duty, ye shall answer plainly to these things which we, in 
the Name of God, and of His Church, shall demand of you touching the 
same : 

Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the 
word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice ? 
Answer. — I do firmly so believe. 

Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith of this Church 
as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures ? 
Answer. — I do so receive it. 

Do you approve of the government and discipline of the Presbyterian 
Church in these United States ? 

Answer. — I do heartily approve of it. 

Do you promise subjection to your brethren in the Lord ? 

Answer. — I do so promise. 

Have you been induced, as far as you know your own heart, to seek the 
office of the Holy Ministry from love to God and a sincere desire to promote 
His glory in the Gospel of His Son ? 

Answer. — I trust I have been thus induced. 

Do you promise to be zealous and faithful in maintaining the truths of the 



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Gospel, and the purity and peace of the Church, whatever opposition or perse- 
cution may arise to you on that account ? 

Answer. — I do so promise, the Lord being my Helper. 

Do you engage to be faithful and diligent in the exercise of all private and 
personal duties which become you as a Christian and a minister of the Gospel, 
as well as in all relative duties and the public duties of your office, endeavoring 
to adorn the profession of the Gospel by your conversation, and walking with 
exemplary piety before the flock over which God shall make you bishop ? 

Answer. — I do so engage, relying on God's grace. 

Are you how willing to take the charge of this congregation, agreeably to 
your declaration at accepting their call ? And do you promise to discharge the 
duties of a pastor to them as God shall give you strength ? 

Answer. — I am willing, and I do so promise, the Lord being my Helper. 

The Candidate having answered these questions in the affirmative, the Presiding Bishop shatt 

propose to the people the following questions : 

DO you, the people of this congregation, continue to profess your readiness 
to receive M. N., whom you have called to be your minister ? 
Do you promise to receive the word of truth from his mouth with meekness 
and love, and to submit to him in the due exercise of discipline ? 

Do you promise to encourage him in his arduous labors, and to assist his 
endeavors for your instruction and spiritual edification ? 

And do you engage to continue to him, while he is your pastor, that compe- 
tent worldly maintenance which you have promised, and whatever else you may 
eee needful for the honor of religion and his comfort among you ? 

The people having answered these questions in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, 
the Candidate then kneeling, the Presiding Bishop shall offer the Prayer of Ordina- 
tion, as follows : 

O ALMIGHTY God and everlasting Father, who governest all things in 
heaven and earth by Thy wisdom, and hast from the beginning ordained 
for Thy Church the ministry of reconciliation, giving some apostles, and some 
prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfect- 
ing of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body 
of Christ, look in mercy, we beseech Thee, upon this Thy servant, whom we 
here solemnly ordain and set apart to the work of the ministry by the laying 
on of the hands of the Presbytery. Pour down upon him, we pray Thee, the 
grace of Thy Holy Spirit, confirming in heaven what we here do in Thy Name, 
and in Thy Church on earth ; and owning him as a true minister of the Gospel 
of Thy dear Son. Vouchsafe to him all that authority and gentleness, that 
purity and spiritual discernment, that zeal and that meekness which shall make 
him an ensample and a guide to the flock ; that so making full proof of his 



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ministry, and continuing in the same, he may both save himself and those that 
hear him. Grant this, heavenly Father, for the love of Thy dear Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

OTJB Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy 
KINGDOM COME ; THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN ; 
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD ; AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS 
WE FORGIVE THEM THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US; AND LEAD US NOT INTO 
TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL; FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, 
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN. 

Prayer being ended, the Presiding Bishop first, and afterwards all the Members of the Presby- 
tery in their order, shall take the newly ordained Bishop by the right hand, saying in words 
to this purpose : " We give you the right hand of fellowship to take part of this ministry 
with us ;" after which the Bishop presiding, or sorns other appointed for the purpose, shall 
give a suitable charge to him, and to the people. Tfien- shall be said the following 



PRAYER. 

OMOST gracious God, who didst of old call those whom thou wouldst for 
Thy service in the work of the ministry, Moses and Aaron among Thy 
priests, and Samuel among them that called upon Thy Name, and who by the 
same providence dost still continue to raise up evangelists, pastors, and teachers 
for Thy Church, bless now abundantly, we beseech Thee, this Thy servant here 
set apart to be a bishop and pastor, and the congregation committed to his care. 
Endue them largely with all spiritual graces ; help them sincerely to perform 
the solemn vows they have now made, and continuing faithful unto death, may 
they at length receive the crown of life which the Lord the righteous Judge will 
give them in that day. Grant this, Lord, for the sake of Thy dear Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

A hymn shall then be sung, and the congregation dismissed with this or some other 

BENEDICTION. 

"VTOW may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord 
-^ Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of 
the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, 
to whom be glory in the Church, world without end. Amen. 



ORDINATION OF A BISHOP. 79 

In the case of the Ordination of an Eomgelist, the last of the //receding questions .shad be 
omitted, and the following used as a substitute : 

A RE you now willing to undertake the work of an Evangelist, and do you 
■* * promise to discharge the duties which may be incumbent on you in this 
character, as God shall give you strength ? 

A nswer. — I am willing, and I do so promise, relying on the help of the 
Lord. 



jFor t&e 3|nstaIiation of a TBtsbop tofco is alreaop SDrDaineti 

TO THE MINISTRY. 90 



When any Minister is to be settled in a congregation, the instalment, which consists in constitut- 
ing a pastoral relation between him and the people of that particular church, may be 
performed either by the Presbytery, or by a committee appointed for the purpose, as may 
appear most expedient; and the following order shall be observed therein: When the 
Presbytery or Committee shall be convened and constituted on the deiy appointed, a sermon 
shall be delivered by some one of the members previously appointed; immediately 
after which the Bishop ioho is to preside, shall state to the congregation the design of their 
meeting, and briefly recite the proceedings of the Presbytery relative thereto. Then address- 
ing himself to the Minister to be installed, shall propose to him the following or similar 
questions : 

A RE you now willing to take the charge of this congregation as their pastor, 
-^- agreeably to your declaration at accepting their call ? 

Answer. — I am. 

2. Do you conscientiously believe and declare, as far as you know your own 
heart, that in taking upon you this charge, you are influenced by a sincere 
desire to promote the glory of God, and the good of His Church ? 

A?isiver. — I do so believe and declare. 

3. Do you solemnly promise that, by the assistance of the grace of God, you 
will endeavor to discharge all the duties of a pastor to this congregation ; and 
will be careful to maintain a deportment in all respects becoming a minis ber of 
the Gospel of Christ, agreeably to your ordination engagements ? 

Answer. — I do so promise, relying on the help of God. 

Then the Presiding Bishop shall say : 

j you, the people of this congregation, continue to profess your readiness 

to receive [ ], whom you have called to be your minister? 

2. Do you promise to receive the word of truth from his mouth with meek- 
ness and love, and to submit to him in the due exercise of discipline ? 



80 INSTALLATION OF A BISHOP. 

3. Do you promise to encourage him in his arduous labor, and to assist his 
endeavors for your instruction and spiritual edification ? 

4. And do you engage to continue to him while he is your pastor, that com- 
petent worldly maintenance which you have promised, and whatever else you 
may see needful for the honor of religion and his comfort among you ? 

The people having answered these questions in the affirmative, by holding up the right hand, the 
Candidate shoM kneel, and the Presiding Bishop shaU pray as follows: 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, whose throne is eternal, who 
fillest all things with Thy presence, and dost delight Thyself in the 
worship of Thy people, with Thy favor mercifully regard and bless, we beseech 
Thee, this congregation and Thy servant who is now made a bishop and pastor 
over them. Give him grace diligently to feed and guard this flock which Christ 
hath purchased with His own precious blood ; make him that good and faithful 
servant whom the Lord appointeth for His household, to give them their meat 
in due season. May he watch over these souls as one that must give account ; 
and making full proof of his ministry and being faithful unto death, may he 
at last receive the crown of life which the Lord the righteous Judge will give 
His faithful servants in that day. Grant this, Lord, for the sake of our 
Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the Presiding Bishop shall say : 

[N the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the authority of this 
*■*- Presbytery, I do announce and declare that you M. N. are now regularly 
constituted the pastor of this congregation ; and as such you are faithfully to 
feed this flock of Christ, not as for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; not as a 
man-pleaser, but as continually bearing in mind that you are accountable to us 
here, and to the Chief Bishop and Sovereign Judge hereafter. So long as you 
shall continue in communion with us, according to the vows you have now 
taken, you are also invested with all the rights and privileges belonging to this 
relation. May you long remain a faithful and honored bishop over their souls. 
But if any urgent reason should appear to demand a separation and dissolution 
of the tie now formed, you will give us due notice ; and in case of any difference 
between you and your congregation, which may God avert, this Presbytery is to 
be between you the arbiter and judge. And may the peace of God which 
passeth understanding rule in your hearts and minds, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A charge shall then be given to both parties ; and after singing a hymn, the Congregation shall 

be dismissed with the 

BENEDICTION. 



FORMS OF 

$ra|>er to be l£se& at §&t&. 



(To be read by the Chaplain, the Captain of the ship, or other suitable person.) 

SENTENCES. 

IN the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth ; and the earth 
was without form and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep ; 
and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto 
one place ; and it was so. 

And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the 
waters called He seas ; and God saw that it was good. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord ; let all the inhabitants of the world stand 
in awe of Him ; for He spake and it was done ; He commanded and it stood 
fast. 

Praise waiteth for Thee, God, in Zion, and unto Thee shall the vow be 
performed ; Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come ; 

Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, being girded with power; 
who stillest the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of 
the people. 

By terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, God of our sal- 
vation, who art the confidence of the ends of the earth, and of them that art) 
afar off upon the seas. 

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity : I dwell in 
the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble 
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the con- 
trite ones. 

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82 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus 
came into the world to save sinners ; 

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us come boldly to 
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in 
time of need. 

For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, saith the Lord, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

THE BEATITUDES. 

AND seeing the multitudes He went up into a mountain, and when He was 
set, His disciples came unto Him ; and He opened His mouth and 
taught them, saying : 

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted ; 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing, 
- Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they 
shall be filled. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 

Blessed are the pure in heart ? for they shall see God. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing. 
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us this blessing, we do beseech Thee. 
Hear also further, what our Lord Jesus Christ said : 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; this is the first and 
great commandment. 

And the second is like unto it, which is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
as thyself ; on these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write these Thy laivs upon our hearts, we 
do beseech Thee. 

PREFACE AND CONFESSION. 

~A/T BET and right it is, Lord most holy, Father Almighty, God Eternal, 

yea, very goodly and pleasant, that we should laud, bless, and magnify 

Thy Name, in all places of Thy dominion ; for Thou hast had mercy upon us, 



FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 83 

and hast caused the dayspring from on high to visit us, bringing salvation 
through Thine only begotten and dearly beloved Son ; 

Therefore, with angels and archangels and all the multitude of the 
heavenly host, we cry aloud, and say,— [The People aloud] 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty ; Heaven and earth are 
full of the majesty of thy glory ; 

hosanna in the highest ; blessed be he that cometh in the name 
of the Lord. 

But wherewithal shall we, Lord, that are but dust and ashes, come into 
Thy presence ? we that are defiled with innumerable transgressions ; for our 
own hearts condemn us ; and Thou art greater than our hearts, and knowest 
all things ; 

Therefore will we arise and will go unto our Father, and will say unto Him : 

[The Minister and People aloud.] 

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from 
. Thy ways like lost sheep ; we have followed too much the devices and 
desires of our own hearts ; we have offended against Thy holy laws ; we have 
left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done 
those things which we ought not to have done ; and there is no health in us. 
But Thou, Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders; spare Thou 
those, God, who confess their faults ; restore Thou those who are penitent, 
according to Thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
And grant, most merciful Father, for His sake, that we may hereafter lead a 
godly, righteous, and sober life ; to the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 

Then the Minister or Reader shall say the following 
PRAYER. 

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of Thy great mercy hast 
. promised forgiveness of sins to all those who, with hearty repentance 
and true faith, turn to Thee, have mercy upon us ; pardon and deliver us from 
all our sins ; confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and bring us to ever- 
lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO. 

{To be recited responsibly by the Minister or Reader and the People.) 

OCOME let Us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in the God of 
our salvation ; 
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad 
in Him with psalms ; 

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods ; 



84 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 

In His hands are all the corners of the earth ; the strength of the hills is His 
also ; 

The sea is His and He made it, and His hands prepared the dry land ; 
come let us worship and fall down ; let us kneel before the Lord our 
Maker. 

For He is the Lord our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the 
sheep of His hand ; 

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let the zohole earth stand in 
awe of Him. 

For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth ; and with righteousness 
to judge the world, and the people with His truth ; 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. amen. 

The CXXXIXth Psalm. 

II LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me ; Thou knowest my down- 
^-^ sitting and mine uprising ; thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all 
my ways ; for there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, Lord, Thou knowest 
it altogether ; Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid Thine hand 
upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain 
unto it. 

Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit, and whither shall I flee from Thy 
presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in 
hell, behold Thou art there ; if I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in 
the uttermost part of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy 
right hand shall hold me ; if I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even 
the night shall be light about me ; yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee ; 
but the night shineth as the day ; the darkness and the light are both alike to 
Thee. 

The CVIIth Psalm. 

f\ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for,He is good, for His mercy endureth for- 
^^ ever ; let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He hath redeemed 
from the hand of the enemy, and gathered them out of the lands ; from the 
east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in the great waters, 
these see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep ; for He com- 
mandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof ; they 
mount up to the heaven ; they go- down again to the depths ; their soul is 



FORMS OF PRA YER TO BE USED A T SEA. 35 

melted because of trouble ; they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken 
mat), and are at their wits' end. 

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He briugeth them out of 
their distresses ; He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are 
still ; then are they glad because they be quiet; so He bringeth them unto 
their desired haven ; 

that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful 
works to the children of men. 

St. Matthew XIV. 22. 

A ND straightway Jesus constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and 
l\ to go before Him unto the other side; and when He had sent the 
multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray ; and when even 
was come He was there alone ; 

But the boat was now in the midst of the sea tossed with waves, for the 
wind was contrary ; 

And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking on 
the sea; and when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were 
troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and they cried out for fear. 

But Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not 
afraid ; 

And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto 
Thee on the water; and He said, Come ; 

And when Peter was come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to 
go to Jesus ; but when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid, and, begin- 
ning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me ; 

And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said 
unto him, thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ? 

And when they were come into the boat, the wind ceased. 

Then they that were in the boat, came and worshipped Him", saying, Of a 
truth Thou art the Son of God. 



o 



THE MINOR LITANY. 

GOD, the Father of heaven, 
Have mercy upon us; 
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, 

Have mercy upon us ; 
God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, 

Have mercy upon us ; 
Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, Three Persons and One God, 
Have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 



86 FORMS OF PR A YER TO BE USED A T SEA. 

Eemember not, Lord, our offences ; neither take Thou vengeance for our 
former sins ; spare us, good Lord, spare Thy people whom Thou hast redeemed 
with Thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. 
Spare us, good Lord. 
From all vain imaginations and delusions; from the sin that doth so easily 
beset us ; from the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, 
Good Lord deliver us. 
From all unhallowed and sinful affections ; from all defilement of mind and 
body ; from unbelief, and contempt of Thy word and commandments, 
Good Lord deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all heresy and 
schism ; from a blinded conscience, and from grieving Thy Holy Spirit ; from 
an impenitent death, and from everlasting destruction, 
Good Lord deliver us. 

From a wicked and hardened heart ; from pride, covetousness, and hypo- 
crisy; from envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

From sword, pestilence, and famine ; from lightning and tempest ; from 
strife, self-murder, and sudden death ; and from despair of Thy mercy, 
Good Lord deliver us. 

By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation ; by Thy sacred birth and bap- 
tism ; by Thy fasting and temptation in the wilderness ; and by Thy victory 
over Satan, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our extremity, in the hour of 
death, and in the day of judgment, 
Good Lord deliver us. 
We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, Lord God ; and that Thou 
wouldst grant us true repentance and amendment of life, that Thou wouldst 
freely pardon all our sins, and pour into our hearts continually the grace of 
Thy Holy Spirit, 

We beseech TJiee to hear us, good Lord. 
That Thou wouldst bless and save our country, delivering us from all 
our iniquities, and making us an ensample of justice and equity to the 
nations, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 
That Thou wouldst graciously regard with Thy favor and bless Thy servant, 
the President of the United States, and all others in authority over us; giving 
them wisdom so to rule, that by their means we may enjoy tranquillity at home, 
and peace with all the world, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 



FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 87 

COLLECT FOR USE AT SEA. 

( J ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone by Thy power stretchest 
out the heavens, and treadest on the waves of the sea ; who makest the 
clouds Thy chariot, and walkest upon the wings of the wind, we Thy servants, 
who see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep, humbly commit 
ourselves and the ship we sail in to Thy guardian care, beseeching Thee that 
by Thy favor we may have a prosperous voyage, till we come unto our desired 
haven ; that so we may praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonder- 
ful works toward the children of men ; this we beg, together with the forgive- 
ness of onr sins, in the Name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen. 



PRAYER DURING PERIL AT SEA. 

( J LORD God Almighty and most merciful, who rulest the raging of the 
seas, and when the waves thereof arise, dost still them by Thy word, 
come forth to our aid and help us, we beseech Thee, in the time of our 
calamity. We see, Lord'', Thy wonders in the deep, and our soul is melted 
within us because of trouble. Save Thou us, for Thy mercy's sake, and let not 
the proud waters go over our soul. Amen. 

( 1 MOST gracious and compassionate Eedeemer, who when Thine apostles 
in their sinking bark cried to Thee for succor, didst arise and rebuke 
the wind, so that there was a great calm ; Lord most mighty, who didst 
stand by Thy servant Paul, when a third time he suffered shipwreck, and didst 
promise him the life of himself and of all that sailed with him; Almighty 
God, Lord of all power and might, have mercy, and save us out of our dis- 
tresses. Lord, make haste to our help, that we may live to praise the Lord 
for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE. 

( 1 ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who rulest the raging of the 
sea, and when the waves thereof arise, stillest them by Thy word, we 
give Thee humble and grateful thanks for that good providence which has 
watched over us, and led us safely amid known or unknown perils of the 
ocean; and we beseech Thee that our hearts jnay be so affected by a sense of 
Thy goodness, that heartily repenting of all our past ingratitude and dis- 
obedience, we may hereafter lead a godly, sober, and Christian life, to the 



88 BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT SEA. 

glory of Thy Holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with 
Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, be all glory and honor everlasting. 
Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

HHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the com- 
-*- munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 



TBuriai of t h z Dean at ©ea, 



THE ADDRESS. 

[ N the midst of life we are in death ; to whom then shall we go, save 
"*" unto Thee, Lord, who for our sins art justly offended. 

Thou earnest us away as with a flood ; we are as the -grass which groweth 
up ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut 
down aud withereth ; 

Who knoweth the power of Thine anger ? Even according to Thy fear so 
is Thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts 
unto wisdom. 

Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, 
and will continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain ; whereas ye 
know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even as 
a vapor, that endureth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Foras- 
much as ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live and do this or that. 

THE GOSPEL. 

A ND I saw a great white throne and Him that sat upon it, from whose face 
-*--*- the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for 
them ; and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before the throne, and 
books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life ; 
and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books 
according to their works. 

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it ; and death and hell gave up 
the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to 
their works. 



BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT SEA. 89 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first 
earth are passed away, and the sea is no more ; 

And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from heaven from 
God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 

And I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God the Almighty and the 
Lamb are the temple thereof ; 

And the city hath no need of the sun^ neither of the moon, to shine upon it ; 
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. 

And there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh 
an abomination and a lie ; but only they which are written in the Lamb's book 
of life. And behold, I come quickly. 

He that is unrighteous, let him be unrighteous still; and he that is filthy, 
let him be filthy still ; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still ; and 
he that is holy, let him be holy still. 

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come ; and he that heareth, let him say, 
Come ; and he that is athirst let him come ; he that will, let him take the water 
of life freely. 

' THE PRAYER. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, in whom we live and move and 
have our being ; who knowest our frame, and rememberest that we are 
dust ; look upon us, we do beseech Thee, now, in Thy great compassion, and 
consider how short our time is upon the earth. Thou hast given Thy dear Son 
Jesus Christ to be our Eedeemer ; pardon Thou, for His sake, all our manifold 
transgressions. Create in us clean hearts and renew right spirits within us ; 
cast us not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. 
Help us to serve Thee in sincerity of mind all the days of our life, that when 
the time of death shall come, as it has come to this our brother shipmate, we may 
depart in Christ, having the testimony of a good conscience, in the communion 
of the catholic church, in the confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort 
of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope, in favor with Thee, and in perfect 
charity with all the world; and so living unto the Lord, and dying unto 
the Lord, may we have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body 
and soul, in Thine eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

THE BURIAL. 

LP ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God to remove out of the 

world this our brother departed, we therefore commit his soul to 

God's mercy, and his body to the deep, looking for the general resurrection 



90 BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT SEA. 

of the last day, when the earth and the sea shall give up those that are in them, 
and the dead, small and great, shall stand before God. 

Spare us, God, in that great day ; Lord God most holy, Lord most 
mighty, holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains 
of eternal death. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

OUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name ; Thy kingdom 
come ; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ; give us this day our 
daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass 
against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

THE BENEDICTION. 

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 



Communion g>erbtce* 



91 



| J OME now, let us reason together, saith the Lord ; though your 
sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow ; though they be 
red like crimson they shall be as wool ; 

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may 
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need ; 

For we have not an high priest that cannot be touched with the 
feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet without sin ; ' 

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. 

LET US PRAY. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, who by the blood of Thy dear 
Son, hast consecrated for us a new and living way into the 
holiest of all, cleanse our minds, we beseech Thee, by the inspiration 
of Thy Holy Spirit, that we, Thy redeemed people, now drawing near 
unto Thee with a true heart, and conscience undefiled, in full assur- 
ance of faith, and in perfect charity with men, may offer unto Thee 
an acceptable sacrifice in righteousness, to the profiting of our own 
souls, and the glory of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

At this point the recognition and reception of new members to the Church may be attended to. 
Then shall the Minister read the following or some other 

SUITABLE SCRIPTURE. 

^< UEELY He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows ; yet 
we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted ; but 
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our 
iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His 
stripes we are healed. 



92 COMMUNION SERVICE. 

All we, like sheep, have gone astray ; we have turned every one to 
his own way, and the Lord hath laid upon Him the iniquities of 
us all. 

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His 
mouth ; He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter-; and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. 

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must 
the Son of Man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in Him should 
not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into 
the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him 
might be saved. 

In this is manifested the love of God towards us, because He sent 
His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through 
Him. 

Herein is love; not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and 
sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 
in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

For Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us ; therefore let us keep 
the feast, not with the former leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth ; 

For the Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in which He was be- 
trayed, took bread, and when He had blessed it, He brake and gave to 
His disciples, saying, This is my body which is broken for you ; this 
do in remembrance of me ; likewise also the cup after supper, saying, 
This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for many, 
for the remission of sins. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink 
this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till He come. 

Then shall the Minister say : 

I WARN the profane, the ignorant, and scandalous, not to approach 
this holy table. On the other hand I invite all such as, sensible 
of their lost and helpless state by sin, depend upon the atonement of 
Christ for pardon and acceptance with God ; such as, being instructed 
in the Gospel doctrine, have a competent knowledge to discern the 
Lord's body ; and such as desire to renounce their sins, and are deter- 
mined to lead a holy and godly life, to commune with us at the table 
of the Lord. 

After which there may be sung a Hymn. 



COMMUNION SER VICE. 93 

LET US PRAY. 

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all 
- things, Judge of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our mani- 
fold sins and wickedness which we, from time to time, most grievously 
have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against Thy Divine 
Majesty, provoking most justly Thy wrath and indignation against 
us ; we do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our mis- 
doings ; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; the burden 
of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, 
most merciful Father; for Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, for- 
give us all that is past ; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve 
and please Thee, in newness of life, to the honor and glory of Thy 
Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE LITANY. 

OGOD the Father of heaven, 
Have mercy upon us. 
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, 
Have mercy upon us. 

O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, Three Persons and One 
God, 

Have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. 

Remember not, Lord, our offences, neither take Thou vengeance 
for our former sins ; spare us, good Lord ; spare Thy people whom 
Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood, and be not angry 
with us forever ; 

Spare us, good Lord. 

From all vain imaginations and delusions, from the sin that doth 
so easily beset us, from the temptations of the world, the flesh, and 
the devil, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

From all unhallowed and sinful affections, from all defilements 
of mind and body, from unbelief and contempt of Thy word and 
commandments, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all heresy 



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and schism ; from a blinded conscience, and from grieving Thy Holy 
Spirit ; from an impenitent death, and from everlasting destruction, 

Good Lord deliver us. 
From a wicked and hardened heart; from pride, covetoasness, and 
hypocrisy ; from envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

From sword, pestilence, and famine ; from lightning and tempest ; 
from strife, self-murder, and sudden death, and from despair of Thy 
mercy, 

Good Lord deliver us. 

From all rash judging and evil speaking ; from grudging at others' 
good, or repining at our own harm ; from all murmuring against Thy 
providences, and from a stubborn and rebellious mind, 
Good Lord deliver us. 

By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation, by Thy sacred birth and 
baptism, by Thy fasting and temptation in the wilderness, and by Thy 
victory over Satan, 

Good Lord deliver us. 
By Thine agony and bloody sweat, by Thy cross and passion, 
by Thy precious death and burial, by Thy glorious resurrection and 
ascension, by Thy reigning at the right hand of God, and by the com- 
ing of the Holy Ghost the Comforter, 
Good Lord deliver us. 
In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our extremity, in 
the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, 
Good Lord deliver us. 
We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, Lord God ; and that 
Thou wouldst grant us true repentance and amendment of life ; that 
Thou wouldst freely pardon all our sins, and pour into our hearts 
continually the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 
That Thou wouldst give unto us increase of faith, hope, and 
charity ; that Thou wouldst grant to all Christians the spirit of unity 
and peace ; tbat Thou wouldst heal our strifes and divisions, and 
shortly tread down Satan under our feet, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 
Tbat Thou wouldst send forth laborers into Thy harvest, and 
be with Thy servants who preach Thy Gospel among the nations ;, 



COMMUNION SERVICE. 95 

that Thou wouldst disappoint the expectations of Thine enemies, and 
establish Thy throne in all the world, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 
That Thou wouldst keep all Thy servants, the ministers of Thy 
Gospel, in purity of doctrine and holiness of life, that so holding 
fast the faithful word, and walking as ensamples to the flock, they 
may both save themselves and those that hear them, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That Thou wouldst send down on all our bishops, ministers, and 
elders, and the congregations committed to their care, the healthful 
spirit of Thy grace ; that they may watch for souls as those that must 
give account ; that Thou wouldst revive true religion in the hearts of 
Thy people, and that sinners may be converted unto Thee, 
We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. 
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, receive 
our prayer. 

i 
THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

{By Minister and People together.) 

OUR Father which aet in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is 
in heaven. give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive 
us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against 
us ; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; 
for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for 
ever and ever. amen. 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

AND God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God 
■ who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house 
of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Tceep 
this law. 

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any like- 
ness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, 
or that is in the waters under the earth ; thou shalt not bow down 
thyself to them nor serve them ; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous 



96 COMMUNION SERVICE. 

God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy 
unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

3. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for 
the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain. 

Lord ham mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt 
thou labor and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of 
the Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy son, 
nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the 
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, 
and hallowed it. 

Lord ham mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

5. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be long 
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

6. Thou shalt not kill. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

8. Thou shalt not steal. . 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 

this law. 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, 
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. 

Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to Jceep 
this law. 



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Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ said : 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy mind ; this is the first and great command- 
ment. And the second is like unto it : Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the 
prophets. 

Lord ham mercy upon us, and write all these Thy laws in 
our hearts we beseech Thee. 

LET US PRAY. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who by the blood of Thy dear 
Son hast consecrated for us a new and living way into the 
holiest of all, cleanse our minds, we do beseech Thee, by the inspira- 
tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that we, Thy redeemed people, drawing near 
unto Thee in this holy sacrament, with a true heart and undefiled 
conscience, may offer an acceptable sacrifice, to the comfort of our 
own souls and the glory of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, to whom with Thee, O Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

Thm shall be sung 
A HYMN. 

THE PREFACE. 

MEET and right it is, O Lord, yea, most goodly and pleasant, 
that at all times, and in all places, we should laud, bless, and 
magnify Thy glorious Name, for all Thy mercies to us, unworthy 
sinners ; 

But most of all we praise Thee for Thine unspeakable love in 
the redemption of the world, through Jesus Christ, Thy dear Son 
our Saviour ; for His holy incarnation, for His life of perfect obe- 
dience, for His precious suffering and death on the cross, for His 
resurrection from the dead, for His glorious ascension to Thy right 
hand, for His sitting on the throne of dominion, and for His coming 
with the glory of the Father at the last day, to judge the quick and 
dead. 

We bless Thee for the giving of the Holy Ghost, for the building 
up of the Church, for the means of grace, for the hope of everlasting 
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98 COMMUNION SERVICE. 

life, and for the glory that shall be brought unto us at the appearing 
of the Son of Man in His kingdom. 

Thee, O Almighty God, heavenly King, we praise and magnify. 
With patriarchs and prophets, with the apostles and martyrs, with 
the Holy Church throughout the world, with the heavenly Jerusalem, 
the general assembly and church of the redeemed on high, with the 
innumerable company of angels around Thy throne, we worship and 
adore Thy glorious Name, saying, — {The People joining aloud'] — Holy, 
Holy, Holy, Loed God Almighty, heaven and earth are full 
of the majesty of thy glory ; hosanna in the highest ; blessed 
be he that cometh in the name of the lord. 

'Then the Minister shall proceed, 

OUR Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in which He was betrayed, 
— [Here he shall take some of the bread into his hands] — took bread, and when 

He had given thanks, He brake it, — [Here he shall break the bread] — and said, 
Take, eat ; this is My Body which is broken for you ; this do in 

remembrance of Me. — [Here the Elders or Beacons shall administer the bread.] 

After the Same manner also, — [Here he shall take the cup into his hands] — He 

took the cup when He had supped, saying, This cup is the New 
Testament in My blood ; this do as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance 
of Me. And know, dearly beloved, that as oft as ye eat this bread, 
and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's death till He come.— 

[Here the Elders or Deacons shall administer the cup. 

Then the Minister shall say, 
LET US GIVE THANKS. 



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GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole 
family in heaven and earth is named, we rejoice before Thee in 
the blessed communion and fellowship of all Thy saints, in which 
Thou givest us also a part ; we praise Thee for the sacred brotherhood 
in one Church, of the patriarchs and prophets, of the apostles and 
martyrs, and the whole glorious company of the redeemed of all ages, 
who have died in the Lord, and are now blessed with Him forever- 
more. We give thanks to Thee for Thy great grace bestowed on those 
who have thus gone before us in the way of salvation ; by whom we 
are now compassed about as with a great cloud of witnesses ; and we 
beseech Thee that we also, following in the steps of their faith and 
piety, may at death enter into their joy, and abide with them in rest 



COMMUNION SER VICE. 99 

and peace, till both they and we shall reach our perfect consumma- 
tion of redemption and bliss, in the glorious resurrection of the last 
day, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall be sung a Hymn. 

THE OFFERING FOR THE POOR. 

LET US PRAY. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, by whose will our 
blessed Redeemer gave His own precious life as the ransom for 
our souls, we bless Thee that Thou didst not suffer Thine Holy One to 
see corruption ; but that having been delivered for our offences He was 
raised for our justification, and ever liveth to make intercession for all 
that come to God through Him ; and we beseech Thee that we, being 
risen with Christ, may henceforth walk in newness of life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

"ITT E praise Thee, O God ; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 

All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting ; 
To Thee all angels cry aloud ; 

The heavens, and all the powers therein. 
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; heaven and earth 
are full of the majesty of Thy Glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee ; 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee ; 
The white-robed army of the Martyrs praise Thee ; 

The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge 
Thee, 

The Father of an infinite majesty, 

Thine adorable, true, and only Son, 
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

Thou art the King of Glory, Christ; Thou art the everlasting 
Son of the Father ; 

When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, 

Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin ; 
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, 

Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 



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Thou sittest at the right hand of God, 

In the glory of the Father ; 
We believe that Thou shalt come, to be our Judge ; 

We therefore pray Thee help Thy servants, whom Thou hast 
redeemed with Thy precious blood. 

Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints, in glory everlasting ; 

Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thy heritage ; 
Govern them, and lift them up forever ; 

Vouchsafe, Lord, to Jceep us this day without sin ; 
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted ; 

Let me never be confounded. 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 

THE DOXOLOGY. 

BENEDICTION. 

THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His 
Son Jesus Christ, our Lord ; and the blessing of God Almighty, the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, rest upon you and abide with 
you, henceforth and evermore. Amen. 






JFor tbe Consecration of a Cfmrcfh 



92 



The Congregation being duly assembled at the time appointed, the Clergy taking part in the ser- 
vice shall enter at the door, where they shall be received by the Trustees and Elders, and 
proceed with them up the aisle, reciting antiphonally the following / 

PSALM, 

The Presiding Bishop leading. 

THE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof , the world, and they that 
dwell therein ; 

For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in His holy 
place ? 

He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul 
unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully ; 

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God 
of his salvation ; 

This is the generation of them that seek Him ; that seek Thy face, God of 
Jacob ; 

Lift up your heads ye gates, and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors, and 
the King of Glory shall come in ; 

Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty 
in battle ; 

Lift up your heads ye gates, even lift them up ye everlasting doors, and 
the King of Glory shall come in ; 

Who is this King of Glory f 

The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. 

Then shall be sung the following or some other 
SUITABLE HYMN. 

A LL people that on earth do dwell, 
-£^- Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; 
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell, 
Come ye before Him and rejoice. 



102 CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 

Know that the Lord is God indeed, 

Without onr aid He did us make ; 
We are His flock, He doth us feed, 

And for His sheep He doth us take. 

enter then His gates with praise, 

Approach with joy His courts unto, 
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always, 

For it is seemly so to do. 

For why ? The Lord our God is good, 

His mercy is for ever sure ; 
His truth at all times firmly stood, 

And shall from age to age endure. 

Then shall the Presiding Bishop say, 

MEET and right it is, Lord, yea most pleasant and profitable, that we 
should laud, bless, and magnify Thy Holy Name in all places of Thy 
dominion ; for Thou art a great God and a glorious King ; Heaven is Thy 
throne, and earth is Thy footstool ; what house shall we build to the honor of 
Thy Name ? Yet Thou, Lord, hast had mercy upon us, and hast caused the 
dayspring from on high to visit us, bringing salvation through Thine only 
begotten and dearly beloved Son ; 

Therefore with angels and archangels and all the multitude of the heavenly 
host, we cry aloud and say, — [The People here joining] 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty; Heated and earth are 
full of the majesty of thy glory ; 

hosanna in the highest ; blessed be he that cometh in the 
Name of the Lord. 

With Thy Church also on all the earth we make confession with the mouth, 

and say, 

I BELIEVE is God the Father Almighty, Maker of heated and 
earth, and in jesus christ hls only son, our lord, who was 
conceived by the holy ghost, born of the virgin mary, suffered 
under Pontius Pilate, avas crucified, dead, and buried ; the third 
day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and 

SITTETH AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ; FROM THENCE He SHALL 
COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. I BELIEVE IN THE HOLV 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 103 

Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church the Communion of Saints, the For- 
giveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

DEARLY beloved brethren, we have assembled ourselves together at this 
time in order that we may solemnly dedicate to Almighty God this 
house which His people have builded to the glory of His Holy Name ; and now 
blessed be the Lord God who hath put such a thought into the hearts of His 
people, and hath also given them strength to accomplish the same, till they 
now come to offer it complete to Him ; 

Let us now, therefore, first seek His blessing upon us in this glad and solemn 
service : 

OLORD God Almighty and most merciful, whom the heaven, even the 
heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less earthly temples built with 
hands, but who also dwellest with men, and delightest Thyself in the assemblies 
of Thy people, vouchsafe Thy divine presence and blessing with us this day, 
that both those things may please Thee which we do at this present, and also 
that we may at length obtain Thy favor, with life everlasting in Thy heavenly 
kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Hear now with what Prayer Solomon the King consecrated 
the Temple of old unto the Lord, as written in the First Book 
of Kings, viii. 12-63. 

Then shall be sung the following or other suitable 

HYMN. 

LOVE Thy kingdom, Lord, 
The house of Thine abode ; 
The Church our blest Redeemer saved 
With His own precious blood. 

I love Thy Church, God, 

Her walls before Thee stand 
Dear as the apple of Thine eye, 

And graven on Thy hand. 

For her my tears shall fall, 

For her my prayers ascend ; 
To her my cares and toils be given, 

Till toils and cares shall end. 



104 CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 

Beyond my highest joy, 

I prize her heavenly ways ; 
Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 

Her hymns of love and praise. 

Sure as Thy truth shall last, 

To Zion shall be given 
The brightest glories earth can yield, 

And brighter bliss of heaven. 

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Thou dwellest not in temples made 
with hands, neither art Thou worshipped with men's hands as though 
Thou didst need anything, seeing Thou givest to all, life and breath and all 
things ; when we bring Thee our best, we serve Thee only with what is Thine 
own ; and when we have done all, we are but unprofitable servants. Yet do 
Thou, Lord, who delightest Thyself in the praises of the sanctuary, accept 
the offering which Thy people here willingly and joyfully bring. This house 
they have builded to the glory of Thy Holy Name. We consecrate it to Thee, 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, to be henceforth a house of God and 
a gate of heaven ; we set it apart from all common and worldly uses, for a 
temple and a sanctuary, where Thy Holy Gospel shall be preached ; where 
prayer shall be made of the Church unto God without ceasing ; where Thy 
high praises shall be devoutly sung; where the ordinances of Thy word shall be 
duly administered, to which Thy people shall throng with cheerful steps, say- 
ing, How amiable are Thy tabernacles, Lord of Hosts ! I was glad when they 
said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord ; Our feet shall stand within 
Thy gates, Jerusalem. 

Therefore arise, Lord, and enter into Thy rest, Thou and the ark of 
strength ; let Thy ministers be clothed with salvation, and let Thy people shout 
aloud for joy. 

When in this place Thy holy word is preached, may it be spoken in the 
demonstration of the spirit and with power; speak Thou comfortably to Thy 
people, Lord, through the lips of Thine ambassadors, and let Thy word be as 
the fire and as the hammer to hardened hearts. 

When Thy holy sacraments are here administered, may those spiritual 
graces which the outward signs do represent and signify, flow into the hearts of 
Thy servants; so that receiving the washing of regeneration, they shall indeed 
receive the renewing of the Holy Ghost ; and partaking of the Lord's table, 
they shall indeed feed by faith on the body and blood of Christ. Here let God 



CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 105 

be worshipped in spirit and in truth, and let not our Father's house be made a 
place of merchandise. Here when Thy people come to offer their gifts upon 
Thine altar, let them consider Him who, when He was rich, for our sakes 
became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich. Let the glory 
of the Lord fill this house, and the Spirit of God, with His sevenfold gifts, 
descend and dwell in His Church. 

A ND now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God 
-*--*- our Saviour, be glory and honor, dominion and praise, henceforth and 
evermore. Amen. 

Then may he sung the following 
HYMN. 

Tj^ ROM all that dwell below the skies, 

Let the Creator's praise arise ! 
Let the Redeemer's Name be sung 
Through every land, by every tongue. 

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord ; 

Eternal truth attends Thy word ; 
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 

Till suns shall rise and set no more. 

SERMON. 

PRAYER. 

DOXOLOGY, and 

BENEDICTION. 

After Sermon, if preferred, this Prayer may be used, 

PRAYER. 

f 1 LORD our God, there is no God beside Thee ; Thou alone art worthy to 
receive adoration and praise, for Thou art holy, and all nations shall 
come to worship before Thee, when they learn the joy of Thy salvation ; we 
praise Thee most merciful Father, for the foundation of Thy Church on earth, 
for Thy sacred oracles, for the ministry of Thy word, and for Thy holy 
sacraments. We give Thee thanks that by Thy providence this house has been 
erected for the worship of Thy Name ; accept, we beseech Thee, the work of 



106 CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 

our hands ; let this house be the house of God ; here let Thy presence dwell, 
and- Thy glory be revealed ; when Thy holy word is read and preached in this 
house, and the holy sacraments are administered, send down upon the congre- 
gation the dews of Thy heavenly grace ; when Thy people bring to Thee their 
thanksgivings for the gifts of Thy providence, accept their offering and bless 
them, that their joy may be full. And when in seasons of calamity and dis- 
tress, they humble themselves before Thee and implore Thy mercy, hear Thou 
in heaven and pity them; forgive their sins wherein they have transgressed 
against Thee, and deliver them, or else comfort and support them under 
their trials, and sanctify unto them their affliction, that it may bring forth in 
them the fruits of salvation and peace. Hear us, we beseech Thee, God 
of all grace, Father of all light, and Fountain of all good. Let our prayer 
come up before Thee, and be acceptable through the merits of Jesus Christ, 
and do unto us according to Thy great mercy and love. And unto Thee the 
King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, who alone art mighty, wise, and good, who 
dwellest in light which no man can approach unto and live, unto Thee 
be all glory through Jesus Christ, in heaven and earth, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



&nntbersar2> Collects* 



FIRST OF JULY. 93 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who through the quickening and 
enlightening power of Thy Holy Spirit, didst preside in the council of 
the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, we praise Thee for this and all other true 
Christian synods; and especially at this time for that great council of our 
fathers, through whose zeal and wisdom the doctrines of Thy word were set 
forth, against all human and uncommanded additions; and we beseech Thee 
that we, following in the steps of their piety, and holding fast the faithful word 
as we have been taught, may be partakers at length of the triumph and reward 
of Thy believing people, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

FOURTH OF JULY. 

OGOD, who didst give the spirit of wisdom and faith to our fathers in the 
halls of counsel, and didst march forth with our armies in the day of 
battle, till peace and freedom returned to bless the land ; grant, we do beseech 
Thee, that being kept by Thy might from all foreign war, and all domestic 
strife, we may ever remain a united and happy people, the home of Thy 
Church, and the asylum of the oppressed, to the glory of Thy Holy Name, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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TENTH OF JULY. 

/) LORD God Almighty, who puttest Thy Spirit in man, and givest him 
understanding, and dost raise up, from one time to another, those who 
shall be leaders and commanders to Thy people, we give Thee praise in behalf 
of all Thy servants, who in the times of the former darkness were enlightened 
to testify to the truth of Thy word, and the order of Thy house ; and who, 
being dead, yet speak as at this day, in the strength and beauty of Thy sanc- 
tuary ; and we humbly beseech Thee,- that w r e, who enter in peace into their 
labors, may have grace so to follow in the steps of their faith and piety, that, 
with them, we may partake of the glory of Thy Church above,' through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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TWENTY-FOURTH OF AUGUST. 95 

/) ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast said by the mouth of Thy 
^-^ servant David, Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain 
thing ? and doth dash in pieces, as a potter's vessel, the thrones and powers that 
rise up against thee ; avenge, we beseech Thee, Thy slaughtered saints upon 
that cruel antichrist, which still repenteth not of her doings ; make the blood 
of Thy martyrs the seed of a plenteous harvest, and let Babylon speedily be 
sunk, as a millstone, in the depths of the sea. Grant this, Lord, for the 
sake of Thy true Church, and the love of Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



EIGHTEENTH OF JULY. 



96 



f\ GOD, whose name alone is great, and who hast said that Thy glory Thou 
wilt not give to another, we intercede with Thee against that profane 
antichrist, who, sitting in the temple of God, opposeth and exalteth himself 
above all that is worshipped ; beseeching Thee speedily to consume that wicked 
by the breath of Thy mouth, and destroy him by the brightness of Thy com- 
ing, for the love of Thy Church, and for the sake of Thy dear and only Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



TWENTY-EIGHTH OF AUGUST. 97 

f j ALMIGHTY and most glorious Lord, who dispensest Thy gifts to men 
^^ as Thou wilt, and callest Thy servants with a holy calling according to 
Thy purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus our Lord before the 
foundation of the world ; we praise Thee for all those whom Thou hast been 
pleased to raise up, in all the ages, for the defence of Thy truth, and the 
upbuilding of Thy kingdom on earth ; for Thy holy apostles, for the white- 
robed martyrs, and confessors of Thy Name, for the Christian fathers and 
doctors of the Church, who being dead yet speak ; and we beseech Thee that 
we, being compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, may lay aside 
every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset us, and run with patience the 
race that is set before us, till we arrive by Thy grace at that blessed rest and 
reward, which awaiteth all Thy faithful servants, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

SIXTEENTH OF OCTOBER. 98 

C\ ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast strengthened Thy servants 

in past ages to bear a true testimony to Thy Gospel, even when they 

were tried by fire; cause, we do beseech Thee, the blood of Thy martyrs to be the 



ANNIVERSARY COLLECTS. 109 

seed of a plenteous harvest for Thy Church, and let the light which was 
kindled at their burning never go out, till the darkness of superstition and error 
is dispelled from the earth ; hear us, we pray Thee, in Christ our Saviour's 
Name. Amen. 



TENTH OF NOVEMBER. 



99 



OGOD, who art the refuge and strength of Thy people, a very present help 
in trouble, we give Thee hearty thanks for Tny servants whom Thou 
didst raise up, in the days of old, to testify boldly against the corruption of Thy 
faith and the misdoing of false and lying priests ; and we beseech Thee that 
the same spirit of holy zeal and courage may rest upon Thy servauts who are 
now called to preach Thy truth, that so, though the earth be removed and the 
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, we shall not fear, but shall be still 
and know that Thou art God ; grant this, Lord, for the love of Thy truth, 
and the glory of Thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



TWENTY-SEVENTH OF OCTOBER. 



100 



OMOST gracious and merciful Lord God, who didst send Thy dearly 
beloved Son into the world, not to destroy men's lives, but to save them, 
keep ns, we beseech Thee, from that unhallowed zeal which is alien from 
knowledge and at war with charity; fill us with a tender pity for such as err 
from the truth, that saving them with fear, we may pull them out of the fire, if 
peradventure God may grant them repentance to the acknowledging of the 
truth ; that so we, with them, may be saved, through Thy love and kindness 
towards man, in Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord. Amen. 

TWENTY-SECOND OF DECEMBER. 101 

OLORD God of our fathers, who didst of old divide the sea for a way unto 
Thy people, when they came forth from the house of bondage, we praise 
Thee that Thou didst also, in these latter days, guide Thy servants who sought, 
across the stormy sea, freedom to worship God ; that Thou didst protect them 
amidst the perils of their winter voyage, and didst cast out the heathen, and 
plant them on these shores ; make us worthy, Lord, of these our pious fore- 
fathers, and may the heritage of freedom, both in church and commonwealth, 
we have derived from them, be handed down unimpaired, to the remotest 
generations. Grant this, Lord, for the sake of our mediator and advocate, 
Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen. 



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THIRTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER. 102 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who dost cause the day to dawn 
and the day-star to arise in the hearts of Thy people and on the dark- 
ness of the world, and who even amid the most grievous apostasy of Thy 
Church, dost reserve to Thyself those who have not bowed the knee to Baal ; 
we give Thee praise in behalf of Thy servants whom Thou didst raise up in the 
days of old, to testify to the truth among our fathers, and to give them Thy 
holy word in their own tongue wherein they were born ; and we beseech Thee 
that the same word may be a lamp to our feet to guide us in the way of peace, 
until, in Thy light, we see the life of Thy people above, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



FOR UNITY WITH ALL CHRISTIANS. 103 

OGOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince 
of Peace, give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great evils and 
dangers which Thy Church doth suffer from the spirit of strife and division. 
Take away all hatred and prejudice from all Christian hearts, and whatever else 
may hinder us from godly union and concord ; that as there is but one body, 
and one spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 
one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart and of 
one soul, united in one holy bond of peace, of faith and charity, and may with 
one mind and one mouth glorify Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



PRAYER AT THE OPENING OF A SYNOD. 



104 



~VYT" E present ourselves before Thee, Lord the giver of life, oppressed with 
V V a sense of our own ignorance and insufficiency, and humbly looking 
to Thee for Thy aid and blessing. Draw Thou near to us ; abide with us and 
deign to take possession of our hearts. Teach us what is best to be done, and 
help us in the doing ; that by Thy grace assisting us, those things which seem 
good unto the Holy Ghost, may also seem good unto us. Join us to Thyself 
effectually, through the gift of Thy grace, that we may be one with Thee ; and 
so, being gathered together in Thy Name, and in all things guided by Thy 
heavenly wisdom, both those things may please Thee which we now do, and 
also that at the end, we may obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord ; to whom with Thee, Father, and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



ANNIVERSARY COLLECTS. \\\ 

FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DURING THEIR 

SESSION.* 

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting (rod, who by Thy Holy Spirit didst preside 
in the first assembly of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, and dost 
still inhabit the whole company of the faithful, mercifully regard, we do 
beseech Thee, Thy servants chosen and gathered before Thee at this time, as a 
chief court and council of Thy Church. Shed down upon them all heavenly 
wisdom and grace ; enlighten them with true knowledge of Thy word ; inflame 
them with a pure zeal for Thy glory ; and so order all their doings through Thy 
good spirit that unity and peace shall prevail among them ; that truth and 
righteousness shall flow forth from them ; and that by their endeavors, all Thy 
ministers and churches shall be established and comforted, Thy Gospel every- 
where purely preached and truly followed, Thy kingdom among men extended 
and strengthened, and the whole body of Thine elect people grow up into Him 
who is Head over all things to the church. To Him, with Thee, Father, and 
the ever blessed Spirit, be all honor and praise, both now and evermore, world 
without end. Amen. 

PRAYER BEFORE SERMON. 105 

\ LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we worship and bow down in Thy 
-*--*- presence, adoring Thee as the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only 
wise God our Saviour, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man hath 
seen nor can see. 

All Thy works praise Thee, which ever since the creation of the world, 
declare Thy power and Godhead. For Thou alone hast built these heavens, 
and ordained the sun and moon by a decree, and hung up the round world upon 
nothing. 

But while the heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, and the firmament 
showeth Thy handy-work, we praise Thee above all, for the revelation Thou 
hast made to us in Thy holy word ; for the law of the Lord which is perfect, 
converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord which is sure, making wise 
the simple ; the statutes of the Lord which are right, rejoicing the heart. 

Especially do we bless and magnify Thy Name for the glorious Gospel 
which is sent unto us through the holy incarnation, the life, the death, the 
resurrection and ascension, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who came 
into the world to save sinners. Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift ; 
for pardon and peace, for life and immortality brought unto us in the Gospel. 

We praise Thee and confess to Thee, Lord, that this grace has not come 
to us because we have loved Thee, but because Thou hast loved us. We are 
the degenerate children of an apostate father. In us, that is in our flesh, 
dwelleth no good thing. We are defiled with numberless transgressions against 



112 ANNIVERSARY COLLECTS. 

Thy law, against Thy love ; against the warnings of Thy word, and the reproofs 
of our own consciences. We have stopped our ears against Thy voice and have 
grieved Thy Holy Spirit. 

And not only have we sinned against Thee, Lord, but we have sinned also 
against our neighbor, by anger, covetousness, uncharitableness, and inordinate 
desires. Yea, Lord, we have not loved Thee with all our heart, nor our 
neighbor as ourselves. We have known our Master's will, and have not done 
it, and we justly merit to be beaten with many stripes. 

But Thou, Lord, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and desirest 
not the death of the sinner, but rather that he should turn and live, have 
mercy upon us. Enter not into judgment with Thy servants, for in Thy sight 
shall no flesh living be justified. 

Spare us, good Lord ; spare Thy people which Thou hast redeemed, and be 
not angry with us forever. Create in us a clean heart, God, and renew a 
right spirit within us ; cast us not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy 
Holy Spirit from us. 

And vouchsafe, Lord, we humbly beseech Thee, so to strengthen us by 
Thy grace, that we may hereafter serve Thee in newness of life all our days, 
by cheerfully doing Thy holy will, by gratefully receiving what Thou bestowest, 
by humbly resigning what Thou takest away, and by patiently enduring to the 
end. 

Lord most holy, God most gracious, who keepest covenant and mercy 
towards Thy people, hear our prayer. Eememher Thine heritage, Lord ; 
the church which Thou hast saved with Thy precious blood. Grant her con- 
tinually the presence of Thy Holy Spirit. Bless the preaching of Thy word at 
home and in foreign lands. Clothe Thy ministers with salvation and send forth 
laborers into Thy harvest. 

Save and prosper this Thy people which Thou hast redeemed with a strong 
hand and a stretched-out arm; God be merciful unto us and bless us, and 
cause His face to shine "upon us, that Thy way may be known upon the earth, 
Thy saving health among all the nations. 

Let the people praise Thee, God ; yea, let all the people praise Thee ; then 
shall our land yield her increase, and God, even our own God, shall bless us ; 
God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him. 

And now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God 
our Saviour, be glory and honor, dominion and praise, henceforth and ever- 
more. Amen. 

PRAYER BEFORE SERMON. 106 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, with all the heavenly host around Thy 
throne who serve Thee day and night without ceasing, with all the 
multitude of the redeemed, the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, the 



ANNIVERSARY COLLECTS. - 113 

martyrs, and all the army of the saints in glory, and with Thy whole Church 
in heaven and on earth, we bring Thee united praise and adoration, for Thou 
art God alone ; and Thine is the glory and honor, the kingdom and power, for 
evermore. 

Thou art, Lord, the Creator of all things visible and invisible, the Father 
of our spirits and the Former of our bodies ; Thou art the Source of all blessing, 
the Giver of all good ; to Thee we offer our humble thanks for Thy great mercy 
to us and to all men : we bless Thee for our creation, for our preservation ; for 
a mind to know Thee, for strength to serve Thee, and for all the blessings 
which, our ill-desert notwithstanding, we daily receive from Thy hands. 

Above all things, we most heartily praise Thee for thine inestimable love in 
sending Thine only begotten and dearly beloved Son, to be the ransom of our 
souls. We praise Thee for His wondrous incarnation ; for His holy and perfect 
life and example ; for His miracles and divine teaching ; for His atoning 
sacrifice and death ; for His glorious resurrection and ascension to the right 
hand of God ; for His all-prevailing intercession, for the sending of the Holy 
Ghost, and for the building of the Church, with all her precious means of 
grace and salvation. We confess before Thee, Almighty and Eternal God, 
in view of all these Thy mercies, that we are sinners against heaven and before 
Thee, and are not worthy id be called Thy children. We have sinned against 
light and knowledge, against our own consciences, and against Thy Holy 
Spirit ; as the fallen children of a sinful father, we do by nature the works of 
the flesh, and merit nothing but Thy wrath and curse ; for there is no health 
in us. 

But blessed be Thy holy Name, that there is forgiveness with Thee, that 
Thou mayest be feared. Thou hast waited for us with much long-suffering and 
patience. blot out now our sins, according to Thy great mercy. Christ, 
Thou Lamb of God, who takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Give us that penitent and broken heart which God will not despise. Cleanse 
us in Thy precious blood, from all guilt and stain, and clothe us in Thy perfect 
righteousness, that we may rejoice and be glad in Thee all our days. 

divine and blessed Spirit, who workest mightily in all places and at all 
times, confirm, through the means of Thy grace, our fellowship with Christ ; 
and cause that all our experiences may strengthen us to fight the good fight of 
faith, till we obtain the victory over all sin and temptation, and at length are 
made partakers of the resurrection of the just, and the life of the world to 
come. 

most holy and adorable Saviour, to whom all power is given in heaven 
and on earth, and who art made Head over all things to Thy Church, we 
heartily beseech Thee to save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage. Govern 
them and left them up forever. Endow all the ministers of Thy Gospel richly 
with the gifts of Thy Spirit, that they may rightly preach Thy word, and dis- 
pense Thine ordinances, to the increase of faith and charity among men, and 
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114 ANNIVERSARY COLLECTS. 

the enlargement and purifying of Thy Church. Heal the divisions of Thy 
people ; unite all Christians in the bonds of peace ; save us from all heresy and 
schism ; turn the counsels of Thine enemies into foolishness ; and hasten the 
day when every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is 
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

Thou who art the King of kings and the Lord of lords, shed down, we 
humbly beseech Thee, upon all the rulers and magistrates of our land, the 
spirit of wisdom and the fear of the Lord ; bless us with righteous laws, and 
may they in righteousness be administered ; restrain Thou the wrath of the 
violent and cruel man ; and pardon the sins of this nation, that we may escape 
Thy just judgments, and enjoy the peace of that happy people whose God is 
the Lord. 

Have mercy upon all that are oppressed and afflicted. Be Thou the Father 
of the fatherless ; the stay of the widow ; the refuge of the stranger ; the com- 
forter of the sick. Prepare the dying to depart in Thy peace ; and be Thou, O 
Lord, our helper in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment. All which 
we humbly beg in the Name and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour ; to 
Him, with Thee, Father, and the Holy Spirit, one God, be all honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 

DAILY MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER 

IN THE SERVICE OF~ THE " CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH "— (IRVINGTTE). 

OLORD Jesus Christ, who art the resurrection and the life, we acknow- 
ledge Thy goodness in restoring the ministry of Thine apostles, in 
gathering and sealing Thy first-fruits, and in warning us through Thy prophets 
of the nearness of the day of Thine appearing. Hasten that day, that we 
may see Thee as Thou art, and be changed into Thy likeness. Bring back 
those our brethren who have rejoiced with us in Thy returning grace unto Thy 
Church, and have fallen asleep, and all who- sleep in Thee; restore to them 
their bodies, raised in glory and immortality, and vouchsafe to us who are alive 
and remain, to be sanctified wholly, and may our whole spirit and soul and 
body be preserved blameless unto Thy coming. 

We pray that the time may speedily come when we and all Thy saints in all 
generations who have been elected to this glory, may stand with the Lamb upon 
Mount Zion, a holy first-fruits, redeemed from among men without fault before 
the throne of God. 

And unto Thee, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and 
glory, now and forever. Amen. 



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X 



* GENERAL THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. 

OGOD, Giver of all good, and Fountain of all mercies, in whom are 
the springs of our life; all glory, thanks, and praise be unto Thee for 
Thine ever-flowing goodness ; for Thy faithfulness which is from one genera- 
tion to another; for Thy mercies which are new every morning, fresh every 
moment, and more than we can number; for seed-time and harvest, and 
summer and winter, and nights and days throughout the year ; for food, and 
raiment, and shelter ; for health and reason ; for childhood and age, and 
youth and manhood ; for Thy fatherly hand ever upon us in sickness and in 
health, in joy and in sorrow, in life and in death ; for friends, kindred, and 
benefactors ; for home and country ; for Thy Church and for Thy Gospel. 

OGOD, who hast taught us, by Thy holy apostle, that we should make 
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks for all people, 
mercifully hear our petitions. 

OTHOU God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast 
exalted to be Head over all, cause Thy blessing, we beseech Thee, to rest 
upon the Church, which he has purchased with His most precious blood. 
Illuminate her ministers with true knowledge, and understanding of Thy 
word. Send down the healthful dew of Thy grace upon all her congregations. 
Deliver her from false doctrine, heresy, and schism ; and clothe her with the 
beauty of holiness and peace. Eeveal Thy glory among all nations ; destroy 
all wicked devices formed against Thy holy word ; and bring in speedily the 
full victory of Thine everlasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



* The following prayers are from the " proof " issued in advance for a fifth edition of 
the Euchologion, by the Church Service Society. 



■4 

.116 APPENDIX. 

* PRAYER AFTER SERMON. 

C\ GOD, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people, by sending 
^-/ to them the light of Thy Holy Spirit, grant us, by the same 
Spirit, to have a right understanding of Thy saving truth. Visit, we pray 
Thee, this congregation with Thy love and favor ; enlighten our minds more 
and more with the light of the everlasting Gospel ; graft in our hearts 
the love of Thy Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all 
goodness ; and of Thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



* SUPPLICATIONS. 

A GOD, who hast taught us in Thy holy word to be careful for noth- 
ing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiv- 
ing, to make known our l-equests unto Thee, give ear unto our prayer, and 
attend to the voice of our supplication. 

God of all power and glory, who hast not appointed us unto wrath, 
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, perfect and fulfill in 
us, we beseech Thee, the work of Thy redeeming mercy. Sanctify us in 
body, soul, and spirit, and guide us evermore in the way of peace. Help 
us to overcome the world. Beat down Satan under our feet. Give us 
courage to confess Christ always, and patience to endure in His service to 
the end; that, having finished our course with joy, we may rest, in hope, 
and finally attain to the resurrection of the just ; through the infinite merits 
of our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Thou Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family 
in heaven and earth is named, we beseech Thee, according to the riches 
of Thy glory, to strengthen us with might by Thy Spirit in the inner 
man, that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith ; so that, being rooted 
and grounded in love, we may be able to comprehend with all saints what 
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love 
of. Christ, whicn passe th knowledge. Amen. 

* FOR PARDON AND PEACE. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast 
-£-*- made, and. dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent, create 
and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our 
sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of Thee, the God of 
all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



APPENDIX. 117 

OGOD, the Fountain of all truth and grace, who hast called us out 
of darkness into marvellous light by the glorious Gospel of Thy 
Son, grant unto us power, we beseech Thee, to walk worthy of our vo- 
cation, with all lowliness and meekness, endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the spirit in the bond of peace ; that we may have our fruit unto 
holiness, and the end everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Enable us to perform our allotted tasks with diligence, to guide our 
affairs with discretion, and in all our ways to acknowledge Thee. 

Feed us with food convenient for us ; bestow upon us health of body 
and soundness of mind ; and further our lawful undertakings with Thy 
blessing. 

Restrain us from all intemperance and excess, from all vanity in speech 
and behavior; and make us sober and watchful to prayer. 

God, who didst suffer Thine own Son to be tempted of the wicked 
one, that He might be able to succor them that are tempted, we beseech 
Thee to deliver us from those snares and temptations by which we are 
continually beset; and to strengthen us mightily by Thy good Spirit, that 
in all things we may be more than conquerors through Him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in His own blood. 

To Him with Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, be all honor and 
glory everlasting. Amen. 

* FOR ILLUMINATION. 

OLORD, who alone canst give the hearing ear and the understanding 
heart; open our minds, we beseech Thee, to understand Thy word, 
which Thou hast in Thy mercy bestowed upon us. Save us from using 
Thy word deceitfully; from wresting it to serve our own purpose ; from 
being in bondage to the letter while we neglect the spirit. But grant 
that we may search the Scriptures diligently, and find in them their testi- 
mony to Christ; and beholding His glory reflected in them, may be changed 
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord ; 
and to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 

OUR Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them 
that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us 
from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 



118 • APPENDIX. 

* SUPPLICATIONS. 

ALMIGHTY G-od, our most holy and eternal Father, who art of purer 
eyes than to behold evil, let Thy gracious and Holy Spirit descend 
upon Thy servants ; that no impure thoughts may pollute that soul which 
Thou hast sanctified, no impure words pollute that tongue which Thou 
hast ordained an organ of Thy praise, no impure action rend the veil of 
that temple which Thou hast chosen for an habitation ; but grant that, 
our senses, being sealed up from all vain objects, our hearts entirely pos- 
sessed with religion, fortified with prudence, watchfulness, and self-denial, 
we may so live in this present world as not to fail of the glories of the world 
to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OLOKD most mighty, and most merciful, we commend ourselves unto 
Thee and to the word of Thy grace, which is able to build us up 
and to give us an inheritance among all them that are sanctified. We be- 
seech Thee to keep our souls from death, our eyes from tears, and our 
feet from falliug, that we may walk before Thee in the light of the living, 
and at the second and glorious appearing of thy Son our Lord, may be 
presented faultless before the presence of Thy glory with exceeding joy; 
through the same Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY Father, who art the hearer of prayer, unto whom all flesh 
shall come, be pleased to pardon what has been amiss in these our 
supplications. Forgive our wandering and unholy thoughts, and let Thy bless- 
ing be upon us for evermore ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

* THANKSGIVING. 

OLOKD, open Thou our lips ; and our mouth shall show forth Thy 
praise. 

We give thanks unto Thee, God of our salvation, that Thou hast 
crowned our lives with Thy mercies. Thou didst create heaven and earth, 
and all things that are therein. Thou gavest unto us life and being. By 
Thy providence are the fruits of the earth preserved to us; and by Thy 
blessing we, and all things living, are nourished and sustained. Thou openest 
Thine hand and fillest us with plenty. Thou hast preserved us all our days, 
and now again Thou bringest us into Thy presence, in the multitude of 
Thy mercies, and replenished with Thy goodness. 

But above all, Thou hast loved us and all mankind when we were lost 
and undone ; and hast given Thine only begotten Son to seek and save 
us. We bless Thee for His love and condescension, for His immaculate holi- 
ness, for His perfect example, for His bitter passion and His death upon 
the cross ; for His triumph over death and hell, for His glorious resur- 



APPENDIX. 1 1 9 

rection and ascension, for His intercession and rule at Thy right hand. 
We thank Thee for the giving of the Holy Ghost; for the Church which 
Thou hast planted among men; for its ministries and means of grace; for 
the promises and precepts of Thy holy word ; and for all the helps and 
comforts of true religion. 

OLORD and lover of men, cause the pure light of Thy divine know- 
ledge to shine forth in our hearts, and open the eyes of our under- 
standings, that we may comprehend the precepts of Thy Gospel. Plant in 
us also the fear of Thy blessed commandments ; that we, trampling upon 
all fleshly lusts, may seek a heavenly citizenship, both saying and doing 
always such things as shall please Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

* PRAYER FOR THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH. 

OGOD, who hast taught us to make supplications, prayers, interces- 
sions, and giving of thanks for all men, we beseech Thee to receive 
these our prayers which we offer humbly to Thy divine majesty. 

Remember in Thy mei/cy all men whom Thou hast made of one blood to 
dwell upon all the face of the earth, and deliver them from those evils and 
miseries by which any of them are oppressed; especially from the shades of 
ignorance, error, and unbelief, and' from the chains of sin. Make Thy way 
known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations . and hasten the 
time when the lost sheep of the house of Israel, together with the fulness of 
the Gentiles, shall be brought into the fold of Jesus Christ, the great Shep- 
herd and Bishop of souls. 

Almighty and most merciful Father, who hast loved Thine elect with 
an everlasting love, and purchased them unto Thyself with the blood of Thy 
dear Son ; favorably regard, we beseech Thee, Thy Church and congregation, 
and confirm them evermore with all spiritual gifts. Endue Thy minister- 
ing servants with wisdom and faith, with love and zeal, that they may 
diligently and wisely perform the work of the Lord to which they are called. 
And grant that the whole company of Thy people may ever keep the unity 
of the Spirit, in the bonds of peace, and in righteousness of life, to the 
glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 

* REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. 

OGOD, Thou King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the blessed and 
only Potentate, may we, who cannot see Thee with the eye of flesh, 
behold Thee steadfastly with the eye of faith, that we faint not under the 
manifold trials and temptations of this mortal life, but may endure as 



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seeing Thee who art invisible; that after we have done and suffered Thy 
will upon the earth, we may enjoy the vision of God in heaven, and may 
be made partakers of those unspeakable joys, which Thou hast promised 
to them that love Thee at the appearing of Thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, for whose sake, we beseech Thee to hear us, and unto whom, with 
Thee the Father, and the Holy Ghost, we ascribe all glory and praise for ever. 
Amen. 

ETEKNAL God, in whom do rest the spirits of just men made perfect ; 
we bless and praise Thy holy Name for all Thy servants departed this 
life in Thy faith and fear; and especially for those most dear to us, of 
whom we have good hope that they have fallen asleep in Jesus. And we 
beseech Thee to give us grace to follow their good examples, that even 
here we may be united to them in fellowship of spirit, and that finally 
we may be gathered together with them into the bosom of Thy love, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



*THE ABSOLUTION. 

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of His great mercy hath 
promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance 
and true faith turn unto Him ; have mercy upon us ; pardon and deliver 
us from all our sins ; confirm and strengthen us in all goodness ; and bring 
us to everlasting iife ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

* CONFESSION. 

IF we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 
in us. If we confess our sins, Thou art faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

OMOST merciful Father, we acknowledge and confess that we have 
sinned against heaven and in Thy sight, and are not worthy to be 
called Thy children. We have all gone astray from Thy way like lost 
sheep, and have walked in counsels of our own. We have known to do 
good, but we have not done it ; we have named the Name of Christ, but 
have not departed from iniquity. Our sins are more in number than the 
hairs of our head ; and we are indebted ten thousand talents, and are unable 
to pay. 

But, Lord, we repent, and are sorry for our sins. We especially bewail 
before Thee those things which are the present burden of our hearts and 
consciences. We cannot stand before Thee as our Judge, but we flee to 



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Thee as our Saviour, hoping in Thy mercies, which are more than can 
be numbered. 

Forsake us not, God, who put our trust in Thee. Eemember not against 
ns former transgressions, but remember Thy loving kindnesses which have 
been ever of old. And as Thou wast ever merciful to Thy people Israel, 
as often as they in penitence turned unto Thee, so do Thou show the like 
mercy unto us, with whom Thou hast made a better covenant, confirmed and 
sealed with the blood of Thy beloved Son. In His Name we ask and offer all ; 
and to Him, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be glory everlasting. Amen. 

*FOR COMPLETE SALVATION. 

O ALMIGHTY God, whose eternal providence is over all Thy works, we 
beseech Thee to help and deliver us Thy servants in all time of our 
tribulation and adversity, and also in all time of our prosperity and wealth, 
that we be not overwhelmed with despondency and fear, or lifted up with 
presumption and pride ; but enjoying Thy bounties with humility and thank- 
fulness, and bearing Thy chastening with faith and hope, we may endure unto 
the end ; and having finished the work Thou hast given us to do, may, 
through Thy mercy, enter" into the joy of our Lord. 

These our humble supplications we offer up to Thee through Thine only 
begotten Son ; and to Thee we ascribe glory, honor, and might, to the 
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, world without 
end. Amen-. 

* PRAYER AS FOR THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST. 

OGOD, who, by the example of Thy dear Son, hast warned us that 
we should work Thy works while it is day, before the night cometh, 
when no man can work ; keep us from sloth and idleness, and from the mis- 
use of those talents which Thou hast committed to our trust. Enable us to 
perform the several duties of our state and calling with such care and dili- 
gence that our work may never be reproved in Thy sight ; and forasmuch 
as the needful business of this life is apt to steal away our hearts from Thee, 
give us grace to remember that we have a Master in heaven, and to do every- 
thing in singleness of heart, as unto Thee and not unto men, that of Thee 
we may receive the reward of the inheritance which Thou hast promised 
in Thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

/~\ THOU great Shepherd of Israel, who, by Thine outstretched arm, 

didst bring Thy people of old out of the land of Egypt, and the 

house of bondage, guiding them safely through the wilderness to the promised 

land ; we pray Thee to deliver us from the bondage and slavery of our 



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sins, and so to lead us through the wilderness of this world, feeding us with 
bread from heaven, and with water out of the smitten Rock, and upholding us 
amid the swellings of Jordan, that we may enter at last into that rest which 
remaineth for Thy faithful people. 

| j LORD, favorably receive these our prayers, and grant unto us, not 
^-^ according to our deserts, but according to the riches of Thy grace 
in Jesus Christ Thy Son; to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
glory for ever. Amen. 



* PRAYER FOR PROVIDENTIAL HELP AND 

GUIDANCE. 



A 1 



LMIGHTY God, who hast ordered our lot and appointed the bounds of 
our habitation, grant us grace to occupy contentedly and faithfully the 
stations which Thou in Thy providence hast assigned to us. May we be prudent 
in ordering our affairs, industrious in performing our duties, moderate in our 
desires, innocent in our enjoyments, careful in redeeming the time, just and 
compassionate to all with whom we have to do, grateful to friends and bene- 
factors, generous and forgiving to all who injure us. 

God, to whom are known all Thy works from the beginning, who bringest 
good out of evil, and light out of darkness, we beseech Thee so to order 
the course of Thy providence towards us that all things may work together 
for our good, and minister to our growth in righteousness. Above all, so bless 
to us the means of salvation we enjoy in Thy Church, that, through the 
channels of Thine ordinances, we may receive grace from our glorified Lord, 
whereby we may be conformed to His image, and strengthened to do all things 
which Thou requirest of us, to the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. , 

*FOR PEACE AND STRENGTH TO RESIST TEMP- 

TATION. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, who hatest nothing that Thou 
-*--*- hast made, and dost freely forgive the sins of all them that are 
penitent, create in us, we do beseech Thee, new and contrite hearts, that we, 
who have lamented our sins and acknowledged our wretchedness, may obtain 
of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

God, who didst suffer Thine own Son to be tempted of the wicked one, 
that He might be able to succor them that are tempted, we beseech Thee to 
deliver us from those snares and temptations by which we are continually beset. 
Save us from the spirit of guile and deceit; from the spirit of malice and 



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un charitableness ; from the spirit of falsehood and uncleanness ; ' and so 
strengthen us mightily by Thy good Spirit, that in all things we may be 
more than conquerors through Him that loved us and washed us from our 
sins in His own blood. 

Thou who bestowest liberally and upbraidest not, be pleased now to give 
us those things which we have asked in the Name of Thy dear Son, and to 
forgive our unworthiness in asking. Evermore pardon all our sins ; preserve 
us in the faith and fear of Thy holy Name unto our life's end ; keep us watch- 
ful for the coming of Thy Son, and bring us at last into Thy heavenly king- 
dom. All which Ave humbly beg in the Name and for the sake of Jesus Christ 
our Lord; to Him be glory in the Church, world without end. Amen. 

* PRAYER OF INVOCATION. 

OGOD, Thou Light of the hearts that trust Thee, Thou Life of the 
souls that love Thee, and Strength of all those that seek Thy face ; 
from whom to be turned away is to fall, to whom to be turned is to 
rise, and in whom to abide is to stand fast for ever, grant us now Thy 
grace and blessing, as we are here assembled to offer up our common sup- 
plications ; and though we are unworthy to approach Thee, or to ask any- 
thing of Thee at all, vouchsafe to hear and to answer us for the sake of 
our great High Priest and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. 

O Almighty and most merciful Father, who art always more ready to hear 
than we are to pray, and art wont to give more than we desire or deserve, 
have mercy now upon Thy servants who bow before Thee ; pardon and for- 
give us all our sins ; give us grace truly to repent of and heartily to forsake 
them; preserve lis forever in the unity of Thy holy Church, in the integ- 
rity of the Christian faith, in the love of Thee and of our neighbors, in 
the hope of eternal life, and in Thy peace which passeth all understand- 
ing, through Jesus Christ ; to whom with Thee, Father, and the Holy 
Spirit, one God, be glory in the Church, world without end. Amen. 

* CONFESSION AND PRAYER, FOR EVENING 

SERVICE. 

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we acknowledge and bewail, our 
- manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time, and 
especially in the course of the past day, most grievously have committed, 
by thought, word and deed against Thy divine Majesty, provoking most justly 
Thy wrath and indignation against us. We have broken the vows made unto 
Thee in our baptism, wherein we were made members of the Body of Thy Son, 
Jesus Christ ; we have separated ourselves from one another, disregarding the 
unity of Thy holy Church ; we have not held fast the hope of the coming 



124 APPENDIX. 

and kingdom of the Lord, and we have not purified ourselves as He is 
pure ; we have not worthily praised Thee for Thy goodness, nor rendered 
unto Thee the glory due to Thy most holy Name. 

Almighty God and most merciful Father, who delightest not in the 
death of a sinner, but rather that he be converted from his sin and live, 
give unto Thy servants a deep contrition and a perfect hatred for their sins, 
and a full remission of them ; visit us with the joys of Thy salvation ; 
grant unto us grace to fear and love Thee, power and will to serve Thee, 
and time and space to finish the work Thou hast given us to do ; that 
we being sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb of God, may be justified 
by Thy grace, sanctified by Thy Spirit, and saved by Thine infinite and eter- 
nal love, through Jesus Christ our Lord ; to Him be all praise, blessing and 
honor, world without end. Amen. 

* PRAYER AFTER SERMON. 

A LMIGHTY God, who hast builded Thy Church upon the foundation 
-£\- of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief 
corner-stone, grant that, being illuminated through the words of Thy prophets, 
and joined together in unity of spirit, through the doctrine, precepts and 
ministry of Thine apostles, we may grow unto a holy temple in the Lord, 
and may be builded together for Thine habitation through the Spirit. 

Let Thy mercy descend upon the whole Church ; preserve her in truth and 
peace, in unity and safety, amid all troubles, and against all temptations and 
enemies ; that she, offering to Thee the never-ceasing sacrifice of prayer and 
thanksgiving, may advance the honor of her Lord, be filled with His Spirit, 
and partake of His glory. 

These things we ask, heavenly Father, in patient confidence and joyful 
hope, being assured that we ask them according to Thy will, that the voice 
of Thy Church is heard by Thee, that the intercessions of the Holy Ghost 
are known to Thee, and that the mediation of Thy well-beloved Son, our 
Lord and Saviour, doth prevail with Thee. And unto Thee, the Father, 
with Thy Son and with the Holy Ghost, be all glory, as it was in the 
beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

* PRAYERS FOR MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES. 

1. 

OGOD, who hast made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the 
face of the earth, and didst send Thy blessed Son to preach peace to 
them that are afar off and to them that are nigh, grant that all the people of 
heathen lands may seek after Thee and find Thee ; and hasten, Lord, the ful- 
fillment of Thy promise to pour out Thy Spirit upon all flesh, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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2. 

OGOD of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, have mercy, we beseech Thee ; 
upon Thine ancient people, the house of Israel ; deliver them from their 
hardness of heart and unbelief of Thy Gospel, that, their hearts being turned 
to Thee, they may behold Thy glory in the face of Jesus Christ, and may 
acknowledge Him to be their Saviour, whom their fathers gave up to be cruci- 
fied, that so they may be brought into Thy holy Church, and saved among the 
remnant of the true Israel, for Christ our Saviour's sake. Amen. 

3. 

GATHEB together Thine elect, God our Saviour, from the four corners 
of heaven ; send forth Thy ministers into all the world in the spirit 
and power of the Apostles of the Lord, and speedily bring in the fullness of 
the Gentiles. Quicken them that are dead in trespasses and sins, enlighten the 
ignorant, and bring back the wandering ; and since Thou hast warned us that 
the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night, grant us grace to be 
sober and to watch unto prayer, having our loins girt about, and our- lamps 
trimmed and burning, as servants that wait for the coming of their Lord, for 
the sake of Christ, Thy well-beloved Son our Saviour. Amen. 

4. 

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Saviour and Lord, who hatest nothing 
Thou hast made, and wouldest not that any should perish, but that all 
should come to the saving knowledge of the truth, fulfill, we do beseech Thee, 
Thy gracious promise to be present with those who go forth in Thy Name to 
preach the Gospel of salvation in distant lands. Be with them in all perils of 
land and water, in sickness and distress, in weariness and painfulness, in dis- 
appointment and persecution. Bless them, we pray Thee, with Thy continual 
favor, and let Thy Holy Spirit be their ever-present Teacher, Comforter and 
Guide. Endue them with power from on high ; and so prosper Thy work in 
their hands, that the fullness of the Gentiles may be gathered in, and all Israel 
be saved. Hear us, Lord, for Thy mercy's sake ; and grant that all who are 
called by Thy Name may be one in Thee, and may abound more and more in 
prayers and offerings for the building up of Thy kingdom throughout the 
world, to Thy honor and glory who livest and reignest with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



Jiotes, 



(i.) 

rp HE use of the " Sentences" (which have found a place, more or less distinct, in nearly 
-*- " all forms of prayer) arises from the obvious propriety of listening at the very opening 
of public worship to the solemn warnings and gracious invitations of God to His people. 
There is room for great variety in the selection of these passages. Only two or three are 
expected to be used at any one service, according to the judgment of the minister. For the 
early use of the Sentences see Palmer, " Origines Liturgicae, 1 : 236 ; 11 : 110. Daniel, p. 78. 
Those in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, were drawn from the Liturgy of John 
Calvin, prepared for the Church of Strassburg, 1545. 

(20 

Taken "ex Codice Mutinensis Ecclesiae, Patrol. Latina, lxxiv, 914; and "Monumenta 
Liturgica," cxxxviii, 1334. This form of silent prayer for the minister before beginning the 
service is especially characteristic of the Oriental liturgies, but is found also in some of the 
Western. It is called Oratio Veil because offered by the minister standing near the "veil of 
the Altar" before it was lifted. It is assumed in all Protestant worship that every 
devout minister comes to the Sanctuary from secret communion with God ; but a period of 
silent prayer in the church, both by himself, for himself, and .by the people for him, is 
eminently suitable. 

A distinct place is here given to this service, for the first time in any modern form of 
devotion. 

(3.) 
The "Preface," beginning Dignum et justum est mqiium et salutare, is a uniform part of 
the service in all the Latin sacramentaries. The " Confession," which follows, is from the 
Strassburg Liturgy of John Calvin. 

(4.) 

This use of the " Beatitudes" is adopted from the recommendation of the Commissioners 
appointed to revise the Prayer-Book in 1689, that they should be read after, or instead of the 
Ten Commandments, the people responding " Lord have mercy upon us, and make us 
partakers of this blessing ; " and after the last, " Lord have mercy upon us, and make us 
partakers of the blessedness promised to them, we do beseech Thee." 

The reading of the Commandments is reserved for the Communion Service. 

(5.) 
The Te Deum Latjdamus, in which the Church, for fifteen hundred years, has expressed 
her adoration of the Sacred Trinity, is variously attributed to Ambrose, Augustine, or Hilary. 
It sets forth with unequalled majesty of expression the great truths of the Godhead, the 



NOTES. 127 

Incarnation, the Atonement of Christ, and the Unity and Triumph of the Church. This 
hymn may be recited responsively, or sung. 

(6.) 

The phrase " White-robed army," in the ninth clause, is the literal translation of " Gan- 
didatus exercitus." Daniel observes, " The received rendering of this clause (' noble army ') is 
one of the most unfortunate mistranslations of this hymn. (See Revelations vii. 9.) 

The clause, " He descended into hell," being without sufficient authority, and apparently 
only a marginal gloss which has crept into the text, is rejected. 

(7.) 
The " Litany " here adopted is compiled from various forms found in the Monumenta 
Liturgica of the early Church. In rendering them into English, so much deference has been 
paid to the familiar language of the Anglican service, that no needless variation from it has 
been allowed. As respects the changes introduced, and the few new suffrages added, the 
compiler has ventured on the same liberty which the framers of the English liturgy claimed 
for themselves. Cranmer, in presenting his Litany to King Henry VIII. , said: "May it 
please your Majesty, I have translated into the English tongue, so well as I could in a short 
time, certain "processions" [litanies] to be used upon festival days; in which translations, 
forasmuch as many of the processions in the Latin were barren as me seemed, I was 
constrained to use more than the liberty of a translator ; for in some processions I have 
altered divers words, in some I have added part, in some taken part away. Some I have left 
out whole, and some processions I have added whole, because I thought I had better matter 
for the purpose than was the procession in Latin." — Cranmer' s Letters, cclxxvi, 7th Oct., 1544. 

NOTES ON THE LITANY. 

Germs of the Litany are found in the Oriental liturgies, and various forms of it in the 
service of the Western churches. The intense and passionate character of the ejaculations is 
explained by the fact that it was originally employed in times of public calamity by the 
clergy and people walking in procession, and reciting the clauses alternately. Hence they are 
sometimes called "processions." In the English Prayer-Book of 1589 the Litany was first 
made a part of the regular service ; and even though there should be no public calamity 
prevailing, yet the sorrows and fears of ordinary human experience make it at all times 
suitable as a part of public worship. Its pathetic and poetical character has commended it to 
the admiration and use of the Church in all times and all lands. " As to the Litany, says Dr. 
Charles Hodge, "which is at least a thousand years old, and no more belongs to the Church 
of Eno-land than the creed does, we know of no human composition that can be compared 

to 

with it." 

1-3. The earlier forms of the Litany do not contain the phrase "miserable sinners," which 
is accordingly omitted here ; nor the " procession of the Holy Ghost." The words "proceed- 
ing from the Father and the Son " are to be understood (contrary to the opinion of Daniel, p. 
164) of the mission of the Holy Ghost as the Comforter, and not of the mode of his existence 
as a member of the Trinity. 

4. Qui es Trinus et Unus, miserere nobis. 

5. Domine ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum ; cito anticipet nos miseri- 

cordia tua, etc. 

6. Ab omni cogitatione prava ; ab insidiis diaboli, a cunctis erroribus, libera nos Domine. 

7. Ab omni immunditia mentis et corporis, a dominatu omnium vitiorum. 

8. A caecitate cordis, a morte subitanea et seterna, etc. 

9. Ab ira, odio, et omni mala voluntate, etc. 

10. A fulgure et tempestate, a peste et fame et gladio, a subitanea et inprovisa morte. It 



128 NOTES. 

is thought better to retain the familiar expression, " sudden death " than to change it for 
"death unprepared for," as in the Unitarian and some other liturgies, which is the sense in 
which it is to be understood. The substitution of " self-murder" in this clause, is justified by 
the far greater prevalence of suicide than of homicide in our own day ; and by the considera- 
tion that the thought of self-destruction may be assailing the mind of some worshiper in 
almost any congregation. Self-destruction is a sin in which the same person is both murderer 
and victim. 

11. Ut murmurationem et impatientiam nobes abscides ; ut compunctionem cordis nobis 
dones, etc. 

12. Per incarnationem tuam, per nativitatem tuam, per baptismum tuum, per jejunium 
sanctum tuum, etc. 

13. Per passionem tuam, per sanctam crucem tuam, per admirabilem ascensionem tuam te 
rogamus audi nos. 

14. In hora mortis, in die judicii, in adventu tuo secundo, etc. 

The phrase "in all times of our prosperity" is commonly defended on the plea that 
" adversity and prosperity constitute the two great crises of life by which we are tried, and 
that we need divine grace equally in our want and in our wealth." This is most true ; but 
the whole character of this clause shows that it is the great sorrows and last stress of human 
experience that are referred to. The word " extremity " is here substituted as more congruous 
to the strain of the suffrage. 

15. Ut indulgentiam et remissionem omnium peccatorum nostrorum nobis dones ; ut 
gratiam Sancti Spiritus cordibus nostris clementer infundere digneris. 

16. Peccatores te rogamus, ut fidem spem et charitatem nobis dones ; ut cunctum populum 
christianum pacem et unitatem donare digneris; ut ecclesiam tuam regere et defensare 
digneris. 

17. Ut inimicos sancta? Dei ecclesise humiliare digneris ; ut gentem paganam confringere 
digneris. The lack of any suffrage in the Anglican Litany for the success of missions among 
the heathen and the conversion of the world to Christ, is supplied in this clause. 

18. Ut cunctos gradus ecclesiastici ordinis in sancta religione conservare digneris. 

19. Ut episcopos et abbates nostros et omnes congregationes illis commissas in sancta 
religione conservare digneris ; ut compunctionem cordis et fontem lachrymarum nobis dones. 

It is judged a matter of clear propriety to retain the use of the titles of office " bishops " * 
and " presbyters" here, and in other parts of this litany. 

20. Ut regibus nostris et principibus pacem et veram concordiam atque victoriam donare 
digneris. 

21. Ut civitatem istam protegere atque defendere digneris ; ut gentes quss in feritate sua 
confidunt, dextra tua conterentur. 

22. Ut errantes ad viam tuam reducas ; ut f ratribus nostris et omnibus fidelibus infirmis, 
salutem mentis et corporis restituas. Convertere domine usquequaque, et deprecabilis esto 
super servos tuos . 

The prayer for God's people in Babylon is designed to revive in a milder form the pas- 
sionate intercession of the Anglican Litany of 1544 against " the Bishop of Rome and all his 
detestable enormities." In the present state of our own country, and in view of the fact that 
the overthrow of Protestantism in America is an object of special and constant prayer in 
Romish churches, it seems highly fit that prayer should be made of the church continually 
for the deliverance of all who are ensnared by anti-Chris fcian errors. It is not at all intended 



* "As the office and character of the gospel minister is particularly and fully described in the Holy Scrip- 
tures under the title of bishop, and as this term is peculiarly expressive of his duty as overseer of the flock, it 
ought not to be refused." Form of Government, Chap. i.. 4. 



NOTES. 129 

by this to pronounce on the technical question whether the Church of Rome is or is not the 
anti-Christ of Scripture. 

(9.) 

As there is better reason for attributing this prayer to Basil than to Chrysostom, we have 
chosen to put his name at the head of it. It is literally translated from the original Greek in 
the so-called liturgy of St. Chrysostom; see Patrologia Graeca, lxiii, 908. In the parallel 
Latin version, "qui communes has et Concordes orationes largitus es, qui et duobus et tribus in 
tuo nomine consentientibus," etc. 

(lO.) 

Ex codice mutinensis ecclesiae, lxxiv, 914. Ante conspectum divinae majestatis tuae, Deus, 
reus assisto, qui invocare nomen sanctum tuum praesumo. Miserere, Domine, mihi homini 
peccatori, etc. 

(11.) 

This form of "absolution," incorrectly so called, is admitted to have been the work of 
John Calvin ; and to have been adopted into the Anglican Prayer-Book of 1552 from his 
liturgy for the Church of Strassbnrg. Being merely a declaration by the minister of the 
conditions of forgiveness, and an exhortation to pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and grace 
to avoid sin in the future, it is appropriate to all evangelical worship.* 

(12.) 

Hymnus Angelicus; Gloria in Excelsis Deo, et in terra pax, hominibus bonae voluntatis, 
etc. This hymn is derived from the primitive Christian ages, germs of it at least being found 
in some of the earliest fathers of the Church. It is here given according to the uniform use 
of the Greek and Latin liturgies, omitting the iteration of the clause ' ' Thou that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us," which appears to have found its way accidentally 
into the Anglican Prayer-Book, and is found nowhere else. See the Evangelical Hymnal, p. 
552, note ; A. S. Barnes & Co.; 1880. See also Cakols, Hymns, and Songs, by John Henry 
Hopkins ; Preface. 

(13.) 

"The Holy Catholic Church the Communion of Saints ; " In the Reformed Episcopal 
Church Prayer-Book, this clause is properly so printed as to show that it is only explanatory 
of "the Holy Catholic Church," and not an independent clause. 

(14.) 

From the Coptic liturgy of St. Basil. The prayers ad pacem, which make a uniform 
element in the earliest liturgies, probably date back to the period of heathen persecution. 

(15.) 
From the Prayer-Book of the Reformed Episcopal Church. 

(16.) 

* 

Sacramentarium Gelasianum, lxxiv, 1190 ; Deus virtutum, cujus est totum quod est 
optimum, insere pectoribus nostris amorem tui nominis, etc. 



* See Confession of Faith, xxx, 2 : " To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, hy 
virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the 
impenitent, both by word and censures, and to open it unto penitent sinners by the ministry of the 
Gospel, 1 ' etc. 



130 NOTES. 

(17.) 

This prayer, like the preceding, is from the sacramentary of Gelasius, A. d. 494 : Omni* 
potens sempiterne Deus, a quo solo sancta desideria, recta consilia, et justa sunt opera, etc. 

(18.) 

Renaudot, Liturg. Orient. Collection ; i, 20. The ascription, Deus hominum- arnator, is 
characteristic of the Eastern liturgies, in which it frequently Occurs, suggesting the familiar 
line of Wesley's hymn, "Jesus, Lover of my Soul." It was perhaps taken from the 
Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, xi, 26, Thou sparest all, for they are Thine, Lord, Thou lover 
of our souls. 

(10.) 

Liturgia Mozarabica, lxxxv, 179. Te igitur summe et admirable Deus, qui Sauctissimo 
Thome dubitatione nos roboras, etc. 

(20.) 

Missale mixtum, id. 133. Deus qui unigenitum tuum pro nobis in carne venturum, etc. 

(21.) 
Id. 134, Christe Domine, in cujus adventum pax est reddita terris, etc. 

(22.) 
Id. 286. Christe, dei films qui per supplicium suscepti crucis pacificasti omnia, etc. 

(23.) 

Mozarabic Missal, 289. Omni potens sempiterne Deus, qui misereris omnium et nihil odisti 
eorum que fecisti, etc. 

(24.) 

Id. 290. Deus qui non mortem sed penitentiam desideras peccatorum, etc. 

(25.) 

Id. 341. Christe Jesu, qui es resurrectio mortuorum, et vita, et Lazarum quatriduanum 
revocasti, etc. 

(26.) 

Id. 346 Ut quam, peccatorum nimietate perdidimus, tuae pietatis indulgentia 

consequamur, etc. 

(27.) 
Missale Mixtum. i, 450. Ecclesia tua, Christe, que dilatata per universam terrain diffusa 
est, omnis tua gratia in unitatis gremio colligatur ; et quamvis semetipsam in gentium 
varietate diffundat, fidei tamen divisionem non sentiat, etc. 

(2§.) 
Sacramentarium Gelasianum, Ixxiv, 1203. Deus largitor pacis, et amator charitatis, Da 
servis tuis veram cum tua voluntate concordiam, etc. 

(29.) 
Id. Ixxiv, 1203. Deus infinitae misericordiae, et majestatis immensae, quern nee spatia 
Jocorum nee intervalla temporum ab his quos tueris abjungunt, adesto famulis tuis in te 
ubique fidentibus, et per omnem quam acturi sunt viam dux eis et comes esse dignaris, etc. 



NOTES. 131 

(30.) 

Id. ; 1, c. Deus qui ad vitam ducis, et confitentes in te paterna protectione custodis, quae- 
sumus ut praesenti famulo tuo a nobis egredienti angelicum tribuas comitatum, etc. 

" The collects are mainly derived from the sacramentaries of Gelasius, A. D. 494, and 
Gregory, A. d. 590, bat are probably of mach earlier date." See E. Daniel, the Prayer -Booh, 
its H'story, Language, and Contents. The collects in this Liturgy are supposed to follow the 
reading of appropriate lessons from the Scriptures. 

(31.) 

Liturgy of St. Basil of Alexandria ; Patrol. Graeca ; xxxi, 646. Qui adoptionis gratiam 
nobis largitus es per lavacrum regenerationis, etc. 

(32.) 
From the Reformed Episcopal Prayer-Book ; Evening Prayer. 

(33.) 

Sacram. Gelas. lib. iii. Custodi Domine quaesumus, ecclesiam tuam propitiatione per- 
petua, et quia sine te non potest salva consistere, tuo semper munere gubernatur. Mentes et 
corpora possideat Domine doni caelestis operatio, ut non noster sensus in nobis sed jugiter 
ejus perveniat effectus, etc. 

/ (34.) 

Mozarabic liturgy, i, 289, 290. Omrjipotens sempiterne Deus qui misereris omnium, et 
nihil odisti eorum quae feceris, dissimulans peccata hominum propter penitentiam, etc. 

(35.) 

Idem. Xe memor fueris Deus, iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum ; convertere Domine 
super servos tuos, etc. 

(36.) 

A prayer of St. Basil ; Patrol. Graeca. xxxi, 1654. Dominator Domine Deus, pater omni- 
potens, qui facis misericordiam in millia, etc. 

(37.; 

A General Prayer of St. Chrysostom ; Patrol. Graeca, lxiii, 907, somewhat changed. 
Domine Deus noster, cujus nee potentia aestimari, nee gloria comprehendi potest, etc. 

(3§.) 

Mozarabic liturgy ; i, 243. Deus quern omni tempore colere et laudare sine intermissione 
debemus, etc. 

(39.) 

Prayer of John Calvin on Jeremiah sii, 4-10. Da omnipotens Deus, quando non tantum 
te offerre nobis pastorem dignatus es, sed praefecisti nobis filium tuum unigenitum, etc. . 

(40.) 

John Calvin on Jeremiah v, 4-9. Da omnipotens Deus quando ad eadem vitia hodie pro- 
pensi essemus quibus legimus deditum nimis fuisse veterem populum, etc. 



132 NOTES. 

(*iu) 

On Jeremiah vii, 4-11. Da omnipotens Deus quando hodie non tantura ex ligno et lapidi- 
bus tempi urn apud nos voluisti tibi extrui, etc. 

(42.) 

Sacram. Gelasianum, 1204. Domine Deus qui ad hoc irasceris ut subvenias, ad hoc minaris 
ut parcas, etc. 

(43.) 
Id. 1206. Deus humilium consolator et fidelium fortitudo, etc. 

(44.) 

Id. 1192. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui abundantia pietatis tuae et merita supplicum 
excedis et vota, etc. 

(45.) 

Id. 1192. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus per quern coepit esse quod non erat, et factum est 
visibile quod latebat, stultitiam cordis nostri, etc. 

(46.) 

Liber Sacram. Eccles. Rom. lv, 118. Deus qui nee ecclesiae tuae usque ad consumma- 
tionem saeculi te defuturum esse, etc. 

(47.) 
Id. 110. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus qui sic hominem condidisti, etc. 

(48.) 

Sacramentary of Leo M., p. 82. Porrige quaesumus dexteram Domine populo deprecanti, 
etc. 

(49.) 

Liber Sacram. Ecclesiae Romanae, p. 80. Respice propitius Domine, quaesumus afflic- 
tionem populi tui, etc. 

(50.) 

Sacram. Grelas. i, 12. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui verbi tui incarnationem praeclari 
testimonio sideris indicasti, etc. 

(51.) 

Id. i, 14. Rege quaesumus, Domine, populum tuum, et gratiae tuae in eo dona multiplica, 
etc. 

(52.) 

Id. i, 18. Deus qui nos gloriosis remediis tuis in terris adhuc positos jam coelestium rerum 
facis esse consortes, etc. 

(53.) 

Id. i, 38. Deus misericors, Deus clemens, qui indulgentiam tuam nulla temporum lege 
concludis, etc. 

(54.) 

Id. i. 41. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui etiam judaicam perfidiam a tua misericordia 
non repellis, etc. 



NOTES. 133 

(55.) 
Sacram. Gelas. i, 23. Deus qui cum salutem hominum semper operaris, etc. 

(56.) 

Sacram. Gelas. i, 43. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui in omnium operum tuoram 
dispensatione mirabilis es, intelligant redempti tui non fuisse excellentius quod initio f actus 
est mundus, quam quod in fine saeculorum pascha nostrum immolatus est Christ us. 

(57.) 

Id. i, 43. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, multiplica in honorem nominis tui quod patrum 
fidei spopondisti, etc. 

(58.) . 
Id. i, 46. Deus qui per unigenituni tuum aeternitatis aditum devicta morte reserasti, etc. 

(59.) 

Id. i, 9. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui tuae mensae participes a diabolico jubes 
abstinere convivio, etc. 

(60.) 

Sacram. Gelas. i, 10. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis voluntatem tuam et fideli 
mente retinere, et pia conversatpne depromere, etc. 

(61.) 
Id. i, 14. Rege quaesumus Domine populum tuum et gratia tuae dona in eo multiplica, etc. 

(62.) 
Id. i, 48. Deus qui pro salute mundi sacrificium paschale fecisti, etc. 

(63.) 
Id. i, 78. Deus cujus spiritu totum corpus ecclesiae multiplicatur et regitur, etc. 

(64.) 
Deus qui ad coeleste regnum nonnisi renatis ex aqua ex spiritu sancto pandis introitum, etc. 

(65.) 

Deus, per cujus providentiam nee praeteritorum momenta deficiunt nee ulla superest 
expectatio futurorum, etc. 

(66.) 
Deus qui errantibus ut in viam possent redire veritatis tuae lumen ostendis, etc. 

(67.) 
Deus qui fidelium mentes unius efficis voluntatis, etc. 

(6§.) 

Deus a quo bona cuncta procedunt, largire supplicibus ut cogitemus te inspirante, quae 
recta sunt, etc. 



134 NOTES. 

(69.) 
Deus in te sperantium fortitudo, adesto propitius invocationibus nostris, etc. 

(YO.) 
Deus qui ad declaranda tua miracu.a majestatis post resurrectionem, etc. 

(71,) 
Deus omnipotens, Pater Domini Jesu Christi, qui regenerasti famulum tuum, etc. 

(72.) 

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, indeficiens lumen, qui spiritum tuum sanctum cum super 
aquas, etc. 

(73.) 

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, deduc nos ad societatem coelestium gaudiorum, etc. 

(74.) 

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui non sacrificiorum ambitione placaris, sed studio piae 
devotionis, etc. 

(?5.) 

Timentium Domine salvator et custos, averte ab ecclesia tua mundanae sapientiae delecta- 
menta fallaciae, etc. 

(76.) 

Sensibus nostris Domine, Spiritum Sanctum tuum benignus infunde, ut tibi simus semper 
devoti cujus sapientia creati sum us, etc. 

(77.) 

Domine Deus omnipotens, Pater Domini Jesu Christi, qui dignatus es famulos tuos ab 
errore et mendacio haereseos eruere, etc. 

(7§.) 
Deus qui multitudinem gentium beati Pauli praedicatione docuisti, etc. 

(79.) 

Praesta quaesumus Domine, ut populus tuus ad plenae devotionis effectum beati Baptistae 
Johannis natalitiis praeparatur quern premisisti filio tuo, etc. 

(§0.) 
Jesu, Fili Dei, qui Petro plus caeteris discipulis diligenti, oves tuas commendasti, etc. 

(81.) 
Deus qui in sancti tui Mattbie Apostoli corde flammam accendisti, etc. 

(§2.) 
Domine Sancte, Pater omnipotens, qui omnium corda perscrutaris, etc. 



NOTES. . 135 

Deus qui praesentium hominum vitani agnoscis diversarum necessitatum passionibus sub- 
jacere, etc. 

(84.) 
Deus qui Beatae Mariae Magdalene penitentiam ita tibi placere, etc. 

(8-3.) 

This form for the administration of infant baptism is taken with some modifications from 
the Evangelische Agende of the Lutheran Church, an admirable collection of devotional 
services. 

(86.) 

The form for the administration of adult baptism is taken for substance from the service 
of the Reformed (Dutch) Church. 

(87.) 

See the Velatio Nuptialis in Liber Sacram. Eccles. Rom. Migne Iv, 130. Also the 
Marriage Service of the York Manual, as contained in Maskell's Monumenta Ritualia, begin- 
ning thus : 

" Lo, Brethren, we are eomen here before God and His angels, in the face and presence 
of our Moder Holy Church, for to couple and knit these two bodies togedder that they 
maybe from this time forth but one body and two souls in the faith and lawe of God and Holy 
Church," etc. 

See also the form in the Sarum Prymer, thus : 

To the man : Vis habere hanc mulierem in sponsam et earn diligere honorare, tenere, et cus- 
todire, sanam et infirmam sicut sponsus debet sponsam ; et omnes alias propter earn dimittere, 
et illl soli adhaerere quamdiu vita utriusque vestrum duraverit ? 

Respondeat vir, nolo. 

To the woman similarly ; and respondeat femina , volo. 

The marriage benediction is : " Benedicat vos Deus Pater, custodiat vos Jesus Christus, 
illuminet vos Spiritus Sanctus ; ostendat Dominus faciem suam in vobis et misereatur vestri ; 
convertat Dominus vultum suum ad vos et det vobis pacem, impleat que vos cmni benedic- 
tione spirituali in remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, ut habetis vitam aeternam et 
vivatis in saecula saeculorum. Amen." 

(88.) 

The funeral service is formed in part on the " Inhumatio defuncti" in the primer of the 
Sarum use ; the various prayers being taken from the sacramentary of Gelasius and other 
Monumenta Liturgica, and the primer of King Edward VI. 

The introduction of the Te Deum Laudamus in the funeral service is justified by the con- 
sideration that the death of a Christian Believer in the full hope of everlasting life through 
Jesus Christ, is not wholly an occasion of mourning, but an occasion also of triumph and 
praise. The latter clauses of the Te Deum make its use as a part of the funeral service 
peculiarly appropriate ; but at the discretion of the minister it may be omitted. 

(89.) 

The exhortation to candidates for ordination in the following service, is abridged from the 
Ordinal of the Anglican Church drawn up by Cranmer in 1550. The prayers are taken from 
the Ordo de Sacris Ordinibus according to the ancient German rite. See Monumenta 
Liturgica in the Patrologia, cxxxviii, 1003. 



136 NOTES. 

m 

(90.) 

The installation service is taken from the Form of Government, chapter xvi, and from the 
Ordo db Sacris Ordinibus Benedicendis in the Sacramentary of Gelasius, i, 95. 

(91.) 

The communion service is adapted from the Liturgy of the German Reformed Church, and 
the Directory for Worship, viii, 4. 

The prayer before the recitation of the Litany is taken from the Communion Office accord- 
ing to the Liturgy of King Edward VI, into which it was adopted from the Liturgy of 
Hermann of Cologne, compiled by Melancthon and Bucer from Luther's Liturgy. 

The reading of the Ten Commandments in the Communion Service was adopted into the 
English Book of Common Prayer from the Strasburg (Presbyterian) Liturgy. Its object was 
to serve as a protest against the errors of the Anabaptists and other Antinomian fanatics ; and 
still more to furnish heads of self-examination to intending communicants. See Daniel, 
History of the Book of Common Prayer, 301. The Prayer of Thanksgiving is somewhat 
altered from the Communion Service of the German Reformed Church. 

(92.) 

See the very full Ordo QUOMODO ECCLESIA debeat dedicari, Monumenta Liturgica, 
Patrol. Latina, cxxxviii, 1015. 

(93.) 
First of July, Opening of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, 1643. 

(94.) 
Tenth of July, Birth-day of John Calvin, 1509. 

(95.) 
Twenty-fourth August, 1572, Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 

(96.) 
Eighteenth July, 1871, Declaration of the Papal Infallibility, at the Vatican Council. 

(97.) 
Twenty-Eighth August, 430 A. D., Death of St. Augustine. 

(9§.) 
Sixteenth October, 1556, Burning of Latimer and Ridley. 

(99.) 
Tenth November, 1483, Birthday of Martin Luther. 

(100.) 
Twenty-seventh October, 1553, Burning of Michael Servetus. 

(101.) 
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, 1620. 



NOTES. 137 

Deus qui transtulisti Patres Nostros per Mare Rubrum, et transvexisti per aquaui niniium, 
etc. ; Pamelius, Liturgicon, ii, 442. 

(102.) 
Death of John Wyclif, 1384. 

(103.) 
From the Accession Service for Queen Elizabeth. 

(104.) 

From the Okdo ad Synodtjm in the Prymer of the Sarum use ; Maskell's Monumenta 
Ritualia, i, 219. Adsumus Domine Sanctus Spiritus, Adsumus, quidem immanitate peccati 
detenti, sed in nomine tuo specialiter aggregati, etc. 

(105.) 

Abridged and altered from the full and comprehensive prayer before sermon ; Directory for 
Worship, chapter v. 

(106.) 

From the " Drittes Formulae, " for Sunday Service of the Evangelische Agende of 
the Lutheran Church. The Rubric observes, " Dieses Formular vereinigt alle Liturgische 

Elemente, auch die Allgemeinen Furbitte in einen einzigen Gebete." 

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